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Today's Reading: Matthew 6:19-24

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Please click this link to Matthew 6:19-24

• English(NIV): http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew 6&version=NIV
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Bible Study

     

      Today's passage draw a conclusion to the purpose of the three standard obligations: giving, praying and fasting.  

     Bishop N.T. Wright says (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._T._Wright):

     The important point, here and all through, is the question: is your eye fixed on God, or on someone (or something) else?  What is your priority?

     How can one do this? Well, the whole chapter so far gives us the clue.  Learn to live in the presence of the loving father.  Learn to do everything for him and him alone.  Get your priorities right.

             N.T. Wright. Matthew for Everyone, Part 1. Louisville,KY:Westminster         John Knox Press, 2004, p.62, 63.     

     The purpose of giving, praying and fasting is for us to live in the presence of the loving father so that we can do everything for him and him alone. What are the three situations blocking us that we can't give, pray and fast?

1. Store up treasures on earth

2. Keep our eyes on lots of earthly things but not God

3. Money bosses you around and not Jesus as Lord

   Have you been blocked by these three situations that Jesus cannot be your Lord and that giving, praying and fasting is not your priority at all? 

Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage of scripture we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"

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Spiritual Journal

     The topic I received from Jesus today is : 

     New Lord: A call to give, pray and fast

      What I received from Jesus today is a very simple message:

1. If Jesus is not your Lord, then you'll spend all your time to store up treasures on earth, keep your eyes on earthly things and let money bosses you.

2. If Jesus is your Lord, then you will give more, pray more and fast more. 

    

    Saying that Jesus is your Lord is so simple. But you have to choose side if you are willing to let Jesus be your Lord. Which side are you in actually? 

    Jesus says, "Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is near."  Matthew 4:17

    Dear Lord Jesus,

    Lead us to be willing to let you to lord our lives so that we can give more, pray more and fast more. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.  


Questions for group discussion

New Lord: A Call to Give, Pray and Fast

新的主人: 奉獻,祈禱及禁食的呼召

Passage: Matthew 6:19-24

1. Read Matthew 6:19-24 again now. What are the situations blocking us that we cannot give, pray and fast more?

2. Who are your real lords lording us daily?

3. Why we say Jesus is Lord but Jesus can’t be our Lord in a real sense?

4. Do you know you have to take side, which side are you in really?

5. What is your highlight in today’s session?

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