Teacher, which is the Greatest Commandment in the Law?
Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
- Mt 22: 37-38
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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Mustard Seed
"He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches...
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I am the Way
"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." ~~ John 14:6-7
Jesus says that He is the way, the truth and the life. He was sent here to show us the original image of man; a man without sin... -
Put your Hope in God
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God.
In the world we can easily get downcast and fall into despair. This empty feeling comes when we do try to replace God's love with something else in our lives. We are surely the ones who seek true peace and rest in our lives and wish to feel the deeper joys of true eternal love. -
One Man's Faith
"By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise..."
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Knowing Christ Jesus
"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ." ~~ Philippians 3:7-8
How much do we treasure our Lord Christ? In this beautiful testimony, it becomes clear that all things that we considered... -
Give Your Burden to Me
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
In our lives there are always times that come to us when we are fed up and feel the weight of the world on our shoulders... -
Living Sacrifices
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship." ~~ Romans 12:1
So we must be living sacrifices every day - we need to live the life of love - we have recieved the unconditional love and grace of God and we should give the living sacrifice that God can truly accept with joy... -
Loving Lord
Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
- Mt 22: 37-38
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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Invitation to the Thirsty
"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;
and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost." ~~ Isaiah 55:1-3
The Lord is calling us to Him. Even though we may not even know it, out spirits are thirsty and quenching for the satisfaction that only the Word of God can bring... -
Needs to Open Our Mouths
Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. (Psalm 81:10)
What an encouragement to pray! Our human notions would lead us to ask small things because our deservings are so small; but the Lord would have us request great blessings... -
A Time for Everything
A recent survey by the Times Newspaper has revealed that most UK citizens would prefer to have more money than to have more time, and it was found that 78 percent of the working population would not choose to work fewer hours for less money...