Becoming Real, Eastbrook 365, Lent 2021
This Then is How You Should Pray…
Read Matthew 6:9-15 How do you pray? In this passage, Jesus teaches us how: “Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be your name,” (vs. 9) Jesus begins by inviting us to...
Read Matthew 6:9-15 How do you pray? In this passage, Jesus teaches us how: “Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be your name,” (vs. 9) Jesus begins by inviting us to...
Read Matthew 6:5-8 “But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is...
Read Matthew 6:1-4 On first glance, my response to this passage is “Done. Got it. I do not boast about how I help people; I never bring a trumpet or...
This week, we have done a deep dive into Matthew 5, as we pored over Jesus’ words on righteous living. Hearing Jesus’ words about real righteousness for His disciples reveals...
Read Romans 3:19-31 Any corporation, organization, club, or society must have rules set in place to properly govern its members. And all good policies, procedures, laws, standards, or rules...
Read Matthew 5:38-48 Read today’s passage in The Message paraphrase to hear Jesus’ words afresh: “Here’s another old saying that deserves a second look: ‘Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.’...
Read Matthew 5:33-37 I read our verses in Matthew today and am reminded of the “games” we would play with the truth when were kids. You probably know what I’m...
Read Matthew 5:27-32 Take a moment to slowly read the passage today. What feelings or thoughts come to you as you read it? Do you find yourself skimming through it?...
Read Mathew 5:21-26 Every culture has strengths and weaknesses that reveal themselves over time. While Bengali culture has many excellent points, one weakness became apparent when a trusted and...
Read Matthew 5:17-20 At first glance there seems to be two responses to this passage: 1. Strive toward the impossible goal of perfection in our own broken humanness or 2....