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Seek Ye First
The Big But ~On the heels of teaching his disciples that in prayer we petition Our Father in heaven, we find this very significant big but: For the pagans run after all these things and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things… Continue reading
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Seek Ye First
What About … What about my happiness? What about my needs? Leave everything? This radical life of following Jesus, focusing on the vertical and not the horizontal, would raise a lot of questions. I’d suggest to you that this is another of those most difficult sections of Jesus’ teachings. Don’t store up treasures for yourself… Continue reading
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Seek Ye First
–Right in the middle of his teaching on true acts of devotion, we find the passage known down through the years as The Lord’s Prayer. This sample prayer that Jesus offers his disciples adds to the whole matter of perspective: Our Father … in heaven … hallowed be your name. Could there be much stronger… Continue reading
Big Buts of the Bible 