Matthew 6:7-8
Jesus keeps teaching us how to pray. Yesterday, where. Today, how. “Babble” means piling up words at God. Saying more and more, hoping the volume works. In Jesus’ day, that was how pagans prayed to their gods. They believed a…
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Matthew 6:6
Saturday Jesus described the wrong way to pray. Praying to impress the people watching. Now He gives the right way. Find a private room. Shut the door. Talk to God there. The reason is in the verse. God sees what…
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Matthew 6:5
After giving, Jesus moves to prayer. Same pattern. He starts with the wrong way. “Hypocrite” was a word for an actor. Someone wearing a mask, playing a part. And Jesus says they love to pray where people can see them….
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Matthew 6:3-4
Yesterday was the wrong way to give. Making a show of it so people notice. Today Jesus gives the right way. And it sounds strange. Don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. That can’t be…
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Matthew 6:2
Jesus just said yesterday: watch why you do good things. Now He gives the first example. Giving. Nobody actually blew a trumpet before giving out money. It’s His way of saying: don’t make a scene out of it. Don’t give…
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Matthew 6:1
Until now Jesus has been teaching what right living looks like. Now He turns to a new question: who are you doing it for? He doesn’t say stop doing good things. He says watch why you’re doing them. The problem…