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LORD, MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN!! God’s will is NOT an empire over us built on racism, poverty, division, and greed. God’s will is that we love and care for people and seek to know and do God’s work. Peace and blessings to all as you serve asContinue reading “Grow the Community of God”

Jesus said, “You know that the empire’s rulers lord it over the people, and their great ones are tyrants over them. However, it won’t be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be a tireless worker for theContinue reading “Servant of All”

Jesus: “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, because the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; if so, the skins burst and are ruined. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both areContinue reading “Go with the New Way”

Jesus told us when we build something: “Be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been built on rock. And everyone who hears my words and doesn’t act onContinue reading “Build on Solid Rock”

Be one of the good trees Jesus talks about. Bear good fruit; the world needs so much!! 🍑 🍓 🍌

Jesus taught us: “Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves can’t break in … For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” In thisContinue reading “What Is Your Treasure?”

Love vs. hate. Caring vs. greed. Which side are you on? Jesus tells us, “You’ll be hated by all nations because of me. Then many will fall away, and they’ll betray one another and hate each other. And many false prophets will arise and lead many people astray. And because of the increasing chaos, theContinue reading “Endure to the End”

The merciful will be blessed, for they’ll receive mercy.The pure in heart will be blessed, for they’ll see God.The peacemakers will be blessed, for they’ll be called children of God.Those who are persecuted for the sake of JUSTICE will be blessed, because the kingdom of God is theirs. Yes, when people revile you and persecuteContinue reading “Persecuted for JUSTICE? The kingdom of God is yours!”

“Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and satContinue reading “Fix Our Eyes on Jesus”

Jesus thought of everything differently. He had so many turn-around teachings: “If anyone hits you on the right cheek, turn the other also,” Jesus said; “and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give him your jacket too; and if anyone forces you to go one mile on his way, go aContinue reading “Turn-Around Teachings”