One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night. (Luke 6:12) Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray. (Mark 1:35) After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night…
Psalm 141:1-2 “I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to You. May my prayer be set before You like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.” 1 Timothy 2:8 “So I want men everywhere to pray with holy hands lifted up to God,…
“Where there is no vision, the people perish..” (Proverbs 29:18) “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37) “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39)
59 At that point they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden from them and left the Temple. (John 8:59) 31 Once again the people picked up stones to kill him. (John 10:31) 8 But his disciples objected. “Rabbi,” they said, “only a few days ago the people in Judea were trying to stone…
The Wedding Feast (Matthew 22:1-14) Jesus also told them other parables. He said, 2 “The Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a king who prepared a great wedding feast for his son. 3 When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were invited. But they all refused to…
“He replied, ‘You are permitted to understand the secrets[a] of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from…
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that…
“Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” (Hebrews 13:3) “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and…
Parable of the Two Sons 28 “But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 The son answered, ‘No, I won’t go,’ but later he changed his mind and went anyway. 30 Then the father told the other son, ‘You go,’…
“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” (Matthew 6:33)
