by Aaron Bjorklund   “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward [...]

by Kathleen Petersen When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their [...]

by Grace Hunter When you read the book of Job you encounter a common mindset:  If bad things happen to me or my family, I must have broken God’s rules. If I live by [...]

Sherry Sommer When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in [...]

by Bruce Hanson Fasting “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their [...]

by Grace Hunter   Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ‘For if you forgive men when [...]

by Aaron Bjorklund   "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'" Matthew 6:13 NIV Evil is bigger than the devil. In ancient cultures, including Jewish culture, evil was seen as [...]

by Carolyn Schmitt My, how time flies!  Just three months ago it was the first Sunday in Advent, then we celebrated Jesus’s birth and the start of 2024 and now we are three weeks [...]

by Kathleen Petersen And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Matthew 6:13 NET When I was young, my parents were involved with Freemasonry organizations. Both encouraged me [...]

by Bruce Hanson “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” Matthew 6:13 I know my high school English teacher probably wouldn’t like my use of But, But as [...]