Thursday... Now we all have questions.

Matthew 22:37 (NLT), "Jesus replied, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.'"

Thursday... Now we all have questions.

And Jesus was asked questions all the time while he was here on earth. Some of the questions came from searching hearts but others came from people trying to trap Jesus.

Now one question in Matthew 27 was a question by an expert in religious law and he was trying to trap Jesus but Jesus knew what he was doing and he used it. It did not throw him off track he used it. He didn't let the expert catch him off guard.

It would be so good if we didn't let people get to us.

Verse 36 (NLT) is the question and it is, "Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?" Now this guy knew the answer because he was an expert. He knew what Deuteronomy 6:5 said.

Yes, we can be so prideful about what we know and we want to show off and also put down. And that is in no way a good thing. But these religious leaders were doing all they could to put Jesus down. I mean, they were experts and this was a carpenter's son from Nazareth. He didn't even come from Jerusalem.

We Christians can be that way sometimes. We have read the Bible all the way through and you haven't. Our attitude can come across as a prideful expert.

And Moses says in Deuteronomy 6:5, "And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength." And in Matthew 22:37, "Jesus replied, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind." Jesus knew the answer, he was the one who had given the law to Moses.

Now this expert knew the answer but he didn't live the answer. Over in Matthew 23:22 Jesus said, "But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."

You see, it is more than what we know, it is how we live.

Yes, Jesus knew the law, he wrote the law but he came to add to it. He continues in verses 38-40, "This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' The entire law and all it demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments."

Jesus didn't win the argument, he made use of the moment. Yes, He loves God but he also loves his neighbor. He also loved this expert. Jesus was on the path to die for him and all the rest of us.

Yes, there are a lot of questions and God through us wants us to be a part of the answers. If he is in our lives, our hearts then we have the answer living in us. Yes, loving God and loving your neighbor makes all the difference. That is why he came to earth. He wants us to not get sidetracked but to love God and our neighbor. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Wednesday... It didn't just happen.

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Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but... We each one have our own way of explaining what we are going through, don't we? Some of us are maximisers, other are minimizers and neither one is better. We each one are different and we see what we are facing differently but no matter what it is and how you see it and describe it, God can handle it! Now the writer of Psalm 46 shows the extremes. In verse 1 he states the basic reality and then he moves on into our fears and he maximizes them to make sure we really understand. Here is what Psalm 46:1-3 (NLT) says, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!" So what do you fear? The Amplified Bible says verse 1 this way, "God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], a very presen...

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