The Sermon on the mount(cont'd) Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? ref. - Ps 147:9 - He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. We get so worried about where our next meal will come from and how we are going to "make things happen" that it takes our focus off of God. Christ is telling us to have a little fait

The Sermon on the mount(cont'd) Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? ref.- Lk 12:22,23 - And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat: neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than ra

The Sermon on the mount Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ref. - Lk 16:13 - No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Gal 1:10 - For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? fo

The Sermon on the mount(cont'd) Matthew 6:22,23 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore the eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! ref. - Ps 119:18 - Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Lk11:34 - The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single,

The Sermon on the mount(cont'd) Matthew 6:19-21 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ref. - Pr 23:4 - Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Heb 13:5 - Let your conversa

The Sermon on the mount(cont'd) Matthew 6:16-18 16 Moreover when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fasteth, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. ref. - Isa 58:5 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen?

The Sermon on the mount(cont'd) Matthew 6:14,15 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. ref. - Mk 11:25 - And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive your trespasses. Eph 4:32 - And be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God

The Sermon on the mount(cont'd) Matthew 6:12,13 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. ref. - Mt 26:41 - Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Jas 1:13 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempte

Sermon on the mount(cont'd) Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread ref. - Pr 30:8 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me. Each of us needs to pray each day that God will give us our individual portion. Whether it be bad or good, soft or hard, we need to eat something spiritual each day and we also need our daily instruction. As a body cannot live without food, neither can the soul live without Spi

The Sermon on the mount Matthew 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. ref. - Ps 103:20 - Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. In our prayer we are to let him have his way. It must be his will and not our earthly, carnal will. This includes allowing him to progress us Spiritually rather than looking for carnal things. As we know, if we seek his kingdom first, a