Category: Faith in the Struggle

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. I have attempted to use this passage as leverage against God to insist that He has promised to grant my every wish. In doing so, I missed what is one of the…
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Matthew 7:6 Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. When we were first married, my wife and I won a free carpet cleaning.  In our ignorance, we unwittingly invited a vacuum salesman into our home.  This poor…
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Matthew 7:1,3 Judge not, that you be not judged… Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Here, in perfect metaphor, Jesus so aptly sums up the defect of being critical and judgmental, a defect that is so pervasive…
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Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. I was going to skip over this passage as I just addressed anxiety, but I realized I was not done with the subject.  After my blog on anxiety two days ago,…
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Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. As I have said more than once, I have a lot of defects.  Here, though, I think Jesus exposes the root of all of my life struggles.  He says that my life is first…
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Matthew 6:25,27,30 Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life… And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?… O you of little faith? I have a plethora of defects but anxiety, admittedly, is not one of my main struggles. So, I will write…
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Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. I do not see myself as a lover of money. I do not obsess over how much I…
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Matthew 6:22,23 The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. I love road trips and I love driving.  The problem however, is that I like to enjoy the…
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Matthew 6:19-21 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy… but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys… For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. I cannot blame my occupation for my mistakes in life but I remember knowing that working…
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Matthew 6:16-18 When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites… that their fasting may be seen by others…But when you fast… wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others…And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. I have been meaning to fast for some time but the…
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