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“Give us this day our daily bread.”—Matthew 6:11. The first half of the prayer Jesus has taught us is in regard to the name and kingdom and will of God—that His name may be honored, His kingdom established, His will performed. When you have thus made God's service your first interest, you may...

“Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”—Matthew 6:10. The will of God is expressed in the precepts of His holy law, and the principles of this law are the principles of heaven. The angels of heaven attain unto no higher knowledge than to know the will of God, and to do His will is the...

“Thy kingdom come.”—Matthew 6:10. God is our Father, who loves and cares for us as His children; He is also the great King of the universe. The interests of His kingdom are our interests, and we are to work for its upbuilding. The disciples of Christ were looking for the immediate coming of...

Brothers and Sisters (i.e. good morning Magenta :)) 1)Moses was a Christian, a sinner saved by grace through faith in Jesus who led him daily throughout his life: [Jhn 5:39-47 KJV] 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. 40...

“Hallowed be Thy name.”—Matthew 6:9. To hallow the name of the Lord requires that the words in which we speak of the Supreme Being be uttered with reverence. “Holy and reverend is His name.” Psalm 111:9. We are never in any manner to treat lightly the titles or appellations of the Deity. In...

It's very important that God's people be sealed prior to the destruction of the earth. What is the seal and as it stands in direct contrast to the mark of the beast, what is the mark? [Rev 7:3-4 KJV] 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants...

Why do you call this parable a prophecy? Jesus is discussing God’s love for the lost.

“When ye pray, say, Our Father.”—Luke 11:2. Jesus teaches us to call His Father our Father. He is not ashamed to call us brethren. Hebrews 2:11. So ready, so eager, is the Saviour's heart to welcome us as members of the family of God, that in the very first words we are to use in approaching...

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The Lord's Prayer “After this manner therefore pray ye.”—Matthew 6:9. The Lord's Prayer was twice given by our Saviour, first to the multitude in the Sermon on the Mount, and again, some months later, to the disciples alone. The disciples had been for a short time absent from their Lord...

“Be not therefore anxious for the morrow.... Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”—Matthew 6:34, R. V. If you have given yourself to God, to do His work, you have no need to be anxious for tomorrow. He whose servant you are, knows the end from the beginning. The events of tomorrow...

“Seek ye first the kingdom of God.”—Matthew 6:33. The people who listened to the words of Christ were still anxiously watching for some announcement of the earthly kingdom. While Jesus was opening to them the treasures of heaven, the question uppermost in many minds was, How will a connection...

“Be not anxious.”—Matthew 6:25, R. V. He who has given you life knows your need of food to sustain it. He who created the body is not unmindful of your need of raiment. Will not He who has bestowed the greater gift bestow also what is needed to make it complete? Jesus pointed His hearers to...

“No man can serve two masters.”—Matthew 6:24. Christ does not say that man will not or shall not serve two masters, but that he cannot. The interests of God and the interests of mammon have no union or sympathy. Just where the conscience of the Christian warns him to forbear, to deny himself...

“If ... thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”—Matthew 6:22. Singleness of purpose, wholehearted devotion to God, is the condition pointed out by the Saviour's words. Let the purpose be sincere and unwavering to discern the truth and to obey it at whatever cost, and you...

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“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth.”—Matthew 6:19. Treasure laid up on earth will not endure; thieves break through and steal; moth and rust corrupt; fire and storm sweep away your possessions. And “where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Treasure laid up on the...

“When ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites.”—Matthew 6:16. The fasting which the word of God enjoins is something more than a form. It does not consist merely in refusing food, in wearing sackcloth, in sprinkling ashes upon the head. He who fasts in real sorrow for sin will never court display...

Would you say that the Sabbath Day was strongly implied? Here are the verses in question again, the comparison is between Rev. 14:7 and Exo. 20:11. This is the final message of mercy to earth’s inhabitants, 1) it calls on man to worship the creator “7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and...

“When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are.”—Matthew 6:5. The Pharisees had stated hours for prayer; and when, as often came to pass, they were abroad at the appointed time, they would pause wherever they might be—perhaps in the street or the market place, amid the hurrying...