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Epiphany 2022, Gospel of Matthew, Day 19 of 58
Gospel of Matthew, January 21, Day 19 of 58 Reading 10:21-42 https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=509812076 Scripture 37Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of…
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Epiphany 2022, Gospel of Matthew, Day 17 of 58
Start Your Year on Sure Footing 2022, Gospel of Matthew, Day 17 of 58 Reading Matthew 9:18-38 Scripture 23 When Jesus came to the leader’s house and saw the flute-players and the crowd making a commotion, 24 he said, ‘Go away; for the girl is not dead but sleeping.’ And they laughed at him. 25…
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Epiphany 2022, Gospel of Matthew, Day 16 of 58
Start your year on sure footing, Epiphany 2022, Day 16 of 58 Reading Matthew 9:1-17 https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=509536044 Scripture 10 And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax-collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. 11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat…
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Epiphany 2022, Gospel of Matthew, Day 15 of 58
Epiphany 2022, Start Your Year on Sure Footing, Matthew, Day 15 of 58 Matthew 8:18-34 https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=509430229 Scripture 21Another of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’ 22But Jesus said to him, ‘Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.’ Observation My first reaction, as perhaps yours,…
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Epiphany 2022, Gospel of Matthew, Day 14 of 58
Start your year on sure footing, Epiphany 2022, Day 14 Reading Matthew 8:1-17 https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=509389540 Scripture House 14 When Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever; 15he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him. ObservationChapter 8 features 3 miracles. The last…
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Epiphany 2022, Gospel of Matthew, Day 13 of 58
Epiphany 2022, Start Your Year on Sure Footing, Matthew, Day 13 of 58 Reading Matthew 7:21-29 Scripture 24 ‘Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. Observation This is a statement that summarizes the intention of the Sermon on the…
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Epiphany 2022, Gospel of Matthew, Day 12 of 58
Epiphany 2022, Start Your Year on Sure Footing, Matthew, Day 12 of 58 Reading Matthew 7:1-20 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207%3A1-20&version=NRSV Scripture 6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you. Observation Honestly, I wanted to pick an easier verse,…
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Epiphany 2022, Gospel of Matthew, Day 11 of 58
Gospel of Matthew, Day 11 of 58 Reading Matthew 6:19-34 https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=509122383 Scripture 24 ‘No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. Observation The word used for wealth here is Mammon…
