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Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 23 or MMM23

MIndfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter Twenty-three

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 54, Feb 23)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-three

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 23
- Mt 23:1-7 Do as they say, not as they do
  - the principle of the authority of a position
    - ²“The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.^[a] ³Therefore do whatever they tell you, and observe it. But don’t do what they do,^[b] because they don’t practice what they teach.
  - Performing for praise
    - ⁵They do everything^[e] to be observed by others: They enlarge their phylacteries^[f] and lengthen their tassels.^[g]
    - Matthew 6:1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
    - Matthew 6:1-18
    - MMM6
  - Love the Place of Honor
    - ⁶They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues, ⁷greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by people.
- Mt 23:8-12 How you should be
  - Not “Rabbi”
    - ⁸“But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher,^[h] and you are all brothers.
  - Not “Father”
    - ⁹Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.
  - Not “Master”(Teacher)
    - ¹⁰And do not be called masters either, because you have one Master,^[i] the Messiah.
      - Mt 20:26-28 ²⁶Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, ²⁷and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— ²⁸just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
      - MMM18
      - MMM19
  - The Greatest
    - ¹¹The greatest among you will be your servant. ¹²Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Mt 23:13-36 WOES
  - “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.
  - ¹⁴“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show.
  - ¹⁵“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as fit for hell^[l] as you are!
  - ¹⁶“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the sanctuary, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by his oath.
    - ⁹Blind people!^[p] For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
  - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of^[q] mint, dill, and cumin,^[r] yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith.
  - ²⁴Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!
  - ²⁵“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed^[s] and self-indulgence!
  - ²⁷“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity.
  - decorate prophet tombs but don’t live what they taught
  - ³³“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?
  - ³⁴This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.
    - this one goes with the parable of the King and the vineyard dresser – killed servants and killed the son. MMM21
  - JUDGEMENT
    - ³⁵So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you,^[y] from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
- Mt 23:37-39 Oh Jerusalem
  - ³⁷“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks^[z] under her wings, yet you were not willing!
- Second Coming foretold
  - ³⁹For I tell you, you will never see Me again until you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 23:12
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

¹²Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
WHOEVER exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Whoever EXALTS himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Whoever exalts HIMSELF will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Coloring

Matthew the Book coloring page by Ministry to Children

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

What is Moses’ seat? and why should they obey?
1. Got Questions explains the “seat” concept.
What does the word ‘woe’ mean?
1. I found a page by Frank Nelte that explains Woe.

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Copyrights and Legal-eze
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Naomi’s Heart Ministries
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Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 19 or MMM19

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 50, Feb 19)

Passage Matthew Chapter Nineteen

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

author note – no video this time because I am having too many migraines from the eye surgery, and I have to give up something. My apologies.

Matthew 19
- Mt 19:1-12 Divorce and Remarriage
  - I’m just going to post what God says – if you have other opinions, or go with other understandings, you have grace to follow Christ according to the knowledge that He provides for YOU!
  - Pharisees trying to trick him
    - ³Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”
  - something about the genders and creation that makes the joining important
    - ⁴“Haven’t you read,” He replied, “that He who created^[a] them in the beginning made them male and female,”
    - ⁵and He also said:
      - “For this reason a man will leave
        his father and mother
        and be joined to his wife,
        and the two will become one flesh?^[c]
    - ⁶So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
    - I don’t understand how this goes with Jesus saying that in the new kingdom there is no giving or taking in marriage.
      - Matt 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.
    - I have not studied this except as to how it applied to me, and this verse kept Jim and I married through the tough times.
  - Hard hearts – what does this mean about the laws???
    - ⁸He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.
      - I’m trying not to get too deep here…but Jesus is in Deep Water!
  - The disciples say
    - ¹⁰His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry!”
  - Jesus says:
    - ¹¹But He told them, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those it has been given to. ¹²For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”
    - For more see 1Corinthians 7:1-16
- Mt 19:13-15 Bring the Little Children
  - ¹⁴Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.”
    - Did the Disciples forget about who was the greatest in Heaven?
      - MMM18 Or Matthew 18
- Mt 19:16-22 What must I do to have eternal life?
  - ¹⁶Just then someone came up and asked Him, “Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?”
  - Keep the Commandments
  - ¹⁸“Which ones?” he asked Him.
  - Jesus summarizes the whole OT set of laws
    - Do not murder;
    - do not commit adultery;
    - do not steal;
    - do not bear false witness;
    - honor your father and your mother;
    - and love your neighbor as yourself.
      - Other than the Loving God part – these are the ones Jesus’s Father wrote on the Mountain! Ex 20:1-17
  - ²⁰“I have kept all these,”^[i] the young man told Him. “What do I still lack?”
  - KICKER FROM JESUS
    - ²¹“If you want to be perfect,”^[j] Jesus said to him, “go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
  - ²²When the young man heard that command, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.
    - Was his possessions really what Jesus was getting at?
- Mt 19:23-24
  - ²³Then Jesus said to His disciples, “I assure you: It will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven! ²⁴Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
    - WHY????
- Mt 19:25
  - ²⁵When the disciples heard this, they were utterly astonished and asked, “Then who can be saved?”
- Mt 19:26
  - ²⁶But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Mt 19:27
  - ²⁷Then Peter responded to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You. So what will there be for us?”
- Mt 19:28-30 God’s got us taken care of
  - - Matt 6:21
      - For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
    - Matt 6:24
      - “No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.
    - Mt 6:21-34
      - ²⁵Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
      - ³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
      - ³⁴Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
    - Matt 7 7:7-12
      - ⁷“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
    - Philippians 4:19
      - And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
    - 1 Peter 5:7
      - ⁷Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
- Mt 19:30 ³⁰But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 19:26
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

²⁶But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
BUT with God all things are possible.
but WITH God all things are possible.
but with GOD all things are possible

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Jesus loves the little children from StAnnesHelper.com to color

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

What do you think it means that divorce was allowed by Moses?
1. your answer
Do you think the disciples forgot all the teaching about who is the greatest in the Kingdom, about the children?
1. your answer
What do you say it takes to be saved?
1. Your answer
2. There are two plans of salvation just below if you need them.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 18 or MMM18

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew chapter Eighteen

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 49, Feb 18)

Passage Matthew Chapter Eighteen

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

This chapter, though, I will use the New Living Translation for clearing up some of the translations.

New Living Translation (NLT)

Matthew 18
- Mt 18:1-6 Who is the Greatest in Heaven?
  - a little child
    - ³Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven. ⁴So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
  - Don’t cause one to suffer – to fall into sin
    - ⁶But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
- Mt 18:7-9 the sorrows of temptation
  - ⁷“What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.
    - cut off hand, gouge out eye
  - God holds children dear
    - ¹⁰“Beware that you don’t look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father.^[c]
- Mt 18:11- 14 The 99 vs the 1 – promise for wayward children
  - Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
  - rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away!
  - ¹⁴In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish.
- Mt 18:15-17 Conflict Negotiation for the church
  - one-to-one
    - ¹⁵“If another believer^[d] sins against you,^[e] go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.
  - bring one or two
    - ¹⁶But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses.
  - whole church
    - ¹⁷If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church.
  - If no change –
    - Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.
    - make every attempt possible, but do not poison the body.
- Mt 18:18- 20 in light of church matters – PRAYER POWER
  - ¹⁸“I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid^[f] on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit^[g] on earth will be permitted in heaven.
  - ¹⁹“I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. ²⁰For where two or three gather together as my followers,^[h] I am there among them.”
- Mt 18:21 – 22 How often to forgive
  - ²²“No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!^[j]
- Mt 18: 23-35 Forgive to be forgiven Parable
  - ³⁵“That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters^[m] from your heart.”

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 18:3
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

³Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
UNLESS you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven
unless YOU turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven
unless you TURN from your sins and become like little children, you will never get int the Kingdom of Heaven.

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Lost Sheep coloring pages by ColoringHome.

Unforgiving Servant Coloring page

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

What qualities do children have that we, as adults, could grow back into?
1. Your answer
Why is the 99 and 1 verse about wayward children? does it just pertain to God’s children?
1. Your Answer
Read the Parable of the ruler and the servants – and think of something you’ve been forgiven of, and someone you are in need of forgiving. Could God put the consequences of sin back on us like this parable suggests? What color are the words of this parable in your Bible?

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 17 or MMM17

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter seventeen

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 48, Feb 17)

Passage Matthew Chapter Seventeen

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 17
- Mt 17:1-9 Transfiguration
  - Peter James and John chosen
  - Semi-Glorified Body
    - ²He was transformed^[a] in front of them, and His face shone like the sun. Even His clothes became as white as the light.
  - Moses and Elijah in Resurrected Bodies
    - ³Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.
  - Seemed real to dear Peter
    - ⁴Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it’s good for us to be here! If You want, I will make^[b] three tabernacles here: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
      - you don’t make tabernacles (shelters, tents) for ghosts
  - Then God spoke
    - ⁵While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered^[c] them, and a voice from the cloud said:
    - This is My beloved Son.
      I take delight in Him.
      Listen to Him!
  - The fear of the Lord
    - ⁶When the disciples heard it, they fell facedown and were terrified.
    - ⁷Then Jesus came up, touched them, and said, “Get up; don’t be afraid.”
- Mt 17:10-13 Elijah? John the Baptist?
  - ¹²“But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”^[h]
- Mt 17:14-21 Healing the son with seizures – Faith
  - ¹⁵“Lord,” he said, “have mercy on my son, because he has seizures^[i] and suffers severely. He often falls into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶I brought him to Your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”
    - the father moved up the ladder of authority.
  - ¹⁷Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious^[j] generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”
    - apparently, the disciples should have been able
  - Why Not?
    - ¹⁹Then the disciples approached Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
    - ²⁰“Because of your little faith,” He^[n] told them. “For I assure you: If you have faith the size of^[o] a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.
  - BUT – there is differences!!!
    - [²¹However, this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting.]”^[p]
- Mt 17: 22-23 Second mention of his coming death
  - Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men. ²³They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.” And they were deeply distressed.
- Mt 17: 24- 27 Paying Taxes
  - Peter asked by tax collectors
    - “Doesn’t your Teacher pay the double-drachma tax?”
  - Peter says
    - “Yes,”
      - but what was his plan?????
  - Jesus first!
    - “What do you think, Simon? Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers?”^[
    - “From strangers,”
    - “Then the sons are free,” Jesus told him. ²⁷“But, so we won’t offend them, go to the sea, cast in a fishhook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth you’ll find a coin.^[v] Take it and give it to them for Me and you.”
      - basic principle that we are not the sons of this government, so we should pay taxes, but also allows that God will provide.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 17:5
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him.
Listen to Him!
THIS is my beloved Son. I take delight in Him. Listen to Him!
This IS My beloved Son. I take delight in Him. Listen to Him!
This is MY beloved Son. I take delight in Him. Listen to Him!
This is My BELOVED Son. I take delight in Him. Listen to Him!

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

A Mount of Transfiguration coloring page available at The Homely Hours.

Transfiguration from the Coloring Home

a page from the feast of the transfiguration from the Catholic Playground

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

Where or what was the mount of transfiguration?
1. Got Answers discusses some various thoughts.
Why were the disciples unable to cast out the demon? The strength of the demon or their lack of faith?
1. Bible Ask explains it in a way that enlightened me!
What do you think about the issue of taxes?
1. Your answer

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 16 or MMM16

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 47, Feb 16)

Passage Matthew Chapter Sixteen

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 16
- Mt 16:1-4 Signs
  - ⁴A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Jesus then left them and went away.
  - Itty Bitty Bible Study on Jonah
- Mt 16:5-12 Yeast discussions
  - ⁵When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread. ⁶“Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
  - ⁹Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? ¹⁰Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
  - ¹²Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- Mt 16:13-17 The Son of Man
  - ¹³When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
  - ¹⁶Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
  - ¹⁷Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.
- Mt 16:18-20 Peter and keys to kingdom
  - ¹⁸And I tell you that you are Peter,^[b] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades^[c] will not overcome it.
    - see question below
  - ⁹I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be^[d] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be^[e] loosed in heaven.”
- Mt 16:21-23 – Jesus reveals Jerusalem events
  - Jesus is going to be killed
  - Peter says no, never
  - ²³Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
  - Poor Peter!
- Mt 16:24-28
  - ²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. ²⁵For whoever wants to save their life^[f] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. ²⁶What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? ²⁷For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.
  - Jim Elliott – He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 15:18
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

⁹I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be^[d] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be^[e] loosed in heaven.”
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven;
I WILL give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven;
I will GIVE you the keys of the kingdom of heaven;
I will give YOU the keys of the kingdom of heaven

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

A Matthew Coloring Page by Ministry to Children – though it can be good for adult meditating.

I’m sorry, no coloring pages for Who do you say that I am, or the yeast of the pharisees.

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

Is Peter the Rock or his confession the Rock?
1. GotAnswers explains it this way.
2. More on Peter from my Lent Story.
To whom are the keys to the Kingdom given?
1. Christianity.com sees it this way.
2. GotQuestions discusses it as well.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 13 or MMM13

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 44, Feb 13)

Passage
Matthew Chapter Thirteen

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 13
- Mt 13:1-9 & 18-23 Parable of the Sower
  - 4 &19
    - hard pounded path- eaten
  - 5&20
    - rocky soil – no root
  - 7 & 22
    - thorns – choked
  - 8 & 23
    - good ground-harvest
  - ⁸Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop: some 100, some 60, and some 30 times what was sown.
- Mt 13:10-17 Parables and Secrets
  - ¹⁶“But your eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!
- Mt 13:24-30 & 36-43 Wheat and Weeds
  - 24 & 37 Sower – Son of Man
  - 24 & 38 field – world
  - 24 & 38 Seeds – son’s of the Kingdom
  - 26 & 38 Weeds – Sons of the evil one
  - 25 & 39 enemy – Devil
  - Harvest –
    - ²⁹“‘No,’ he said. ‘When you gather up the weeds, you might also uproot the wheat with them. ³⁰Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but store the wheat in my barn.’”
  - End of the Age –
    - The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. ⁴⁰Therefore, just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. ⁴¹The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather from His kingdom everything that causes sin^[i] and those guilty of lawlessness.^[j] ⁴²They will throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Anyone who has ears^[k] should listen!
- Mt 13:34-35 Why parables? to fulfill:
  - I will open My mouth in parables;
    I will declare things kept secret
    from the foundation of the world.
- Mt 13:31-32 Parable of the Mustard seed
- Mt 13:33– Parable of the Yeast
- Mt 13:44 Parable of the Hidden Treasure
- Mt 13:45 Parable of the Pearl
- Mt 13:47-50 Parable of the Net
  - ⁴⁷“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish, ⁴⁸and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones. ⁴⁹So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous, ⁵⁰and throw them into the blazing furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Mt 13:51 Do you understand?
  - ⁵²“Therefore,” He said to them, “every student of Scripture^[n] instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who brings out of his storeroom what is new and what is old.”
- Mt 13:54- 58 Rejection in Nazareth
  - But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.” ⁵⁸And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 13:16
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

¹⁶“But your eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!
BUT your eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!
But YOUR eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!
But your EYES are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!
But your eyes ARE Blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

A Matthew Coloring Page by Ministry to Children – though it can be good for adult meditating.

Various Parable coloring pages to choose from by Coloring Home

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

Which of these parables speaks to you the most today?
1. See if there is a coloring page for that parable, and pull it out and color while meditating on that parable.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 12 or MMM12

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 43, Feb 12)

Passage
Matthew Chapter Twelve

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 12
- Mt 12:1-8 Lord of the Sabbath
  - ⁶But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here! ⁷If you had known what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice,^[c] you would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
    - 1 Sam 15:22,Heb 10:6, Ps 40:6
    - Mark 12:33
      - To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
    - Ps 51:16-17
      - You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
            you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
        ¹⁷My sacrifice, O God, is^[b] a broken spirit;
            a broken and contrite heart
            you, God, will not despise.
- Mt 12:9-14 Lawful to heal on the Sabbath
  - - - ¹²A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”
- Mt 12:15-21 Fulfilled
  - Here is My Servant whom I have chosen,
    My beloved in whom My soul delights;
    I will put My Spirit on Him,
    and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
    ¹⁹He will not argue or shout,
    and no one will hear His voice in the streets.
    ²⁰He will not break a bruised reed,
    and He will not put out a smoldering wick,
    until He has led justice to victory.^[f]
    ²¹The nations will put their hope in His name.^[g]
- Mt 12:22-30House Divided
  - ²⁸If I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.
  - ³⁰Anyone who is not with Me is against Me, and anyone who does not gather with Me scatters.
  - Luke 11:23
- Mt 12:31-32 Respect the Holy Spirit
  - ³¹Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against^[i] the Spirit will not be forgiven.^[j] ³²Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the one to come.
- Mt 12:33-35, tree and it’s fruit
- Mt 12:36-37 judged by your words
  - ³⁶I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak.^[m] ³⁷For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
- Mt 12:38-42 Sign of Jonah
  - ⁴⁰For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
- Mt 12:43- 45 The return of an unclean sprit
  - ⁴⁴Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ And returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order.
    - Acts 9:17,
- Mt 12:46-50 Eternal Relationships
  - https://images.knowing-jesus.com/Matthew/12
    
    ⁴⁸But He replied to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” ⁴⁹And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! ⁵⁰For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, that person is My brother and sister and mother.”

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 12:12
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

¹²A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”
A MAN is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.
A man IS worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.
SO it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath..
so IT is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath
so it IS lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

A Matthew Coloring Page by Ministry to Children – though it can be good for adult meditating.

A coloring page of Hope from a collection, scroll down for Matt 12:21

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

Who is the servant of the Lord?
1. Got Answers says it this way about the Servant of the Lord in general. Who do you think it is in THIS passage?
What do you think Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is?
1. Got Questions explains it thus.
2. Do you agree or disagree?

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew chapter 11 or MMM11

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 42, Feb 11)

Passage
Matthew Chapter Eleven

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 11
- - Mt 11:1-6 John the Baptist’s questions
    - ⁴Jesus replied to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see: ⁵the blind see, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed,^[a] the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news. ⁶And if anyone is not offended because of Me, he is blessed.”
  - Mt 11:7-15 Who was John the Baptist?
    - Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You;^[b]
      he will prepare Your way before You.
    - ¹⁵Anyone who has ears^[f] should listen!
  - Mt 11:16-19 What’s Up?
    - ¹⁸For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ ¹⁹The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated^[h] by her deeds.”^[i]
  - Mt 11:20- 24 Towns that didn’t believe
    - ²¹“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago!
    - ²⁴But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
  - Mt 11:25-27 Who knows the Father? Who knows the Son?
  - ²⁷All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows^[l] the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son desires^[m] to reveal Him
  - Mt 11:28-30
  - https://images.knowing-jesus.com/Matthew/11
    
    ²⁸“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. ³⁰For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 11:28
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

²⁸“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
COME to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Come TO Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Come to ME, all of you who are weary and burdened , and I will give you rest

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

A Matthew Coloring Page by Ministry to Children – though it can be good for adult meditating.

Come to Me on Pinterest

Come Unto me coloring page by Flanders Family Homelife

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

Why do you think John asked about Jesus when he knew him in the womb, and knew him at baptism?
1. your answer
Why do you think that it would be better for Old Testament cities than those that didn’t believe Jesus?
1. Your Answer
How do you come to Jesus when you are weak and heaven laden?
1. Your Answer

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 5 or MMM5

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 36, Feb 5)

Passage

Matthew Chapter Five

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Homan Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew Five
- Mt 5: 2-11 The Beatitudes
  - Poor in Spirit
    - heart struggles, humbled or humiliated?
    - kingdom of heaven given to them
  - Mourn
    - sorry for their sins
    - shall be comforted
  - Meek (Gentle)
    - now their need for a savior, compassionate
    - shall inherit the world
  - Hunger and thirst after righteousness
    - working out their own salvation, seeking rightness with God
    - Ps 81:10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
    - shall be filled
  - Merciful
    - extending the mercy they received
    - shown mercy
  - Pure in Heart –
    - Ps 119:9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word
    - 1 John 2:1-2 We’ve sinned, we have an advocate
    - Romans 5:10 reconciled through Christ
    - keeping their heart cleansed
    - Will See God
  - Peacemakers
    - Bridging the gap between God and man
    - called sons of God
  - Persecuted for Righteousness Sake
    - John 15:18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
    - Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
    - theirs is the Kingdom of God
  - Mt 5:11-12
    - ¹¹“You are blessed when they insult and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of Me. ¹²Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
- (c)Mary Jo
  
  Mt 5:13-16 we are to be Salt and Light
  - ¹⁶In the same way, let your light shine^[c] before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
  - Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
  - Itty Bitty Bible Study Ephesians 2:1-10
- Mt 5:17-20 Christ came to fulfill the law
  - ²⁰For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Mt 5:21-22 Anger = murder
- Mt 5:23-26 Conflict Resolution Needed
- Mt 5: 27-30 lust of the Eyes – deadly
- Mt 5:31-32 Divorce and Remarriage
- Mt 5:33-37 Truthfulness
  - Ps 12, Psalm 26:4, Ps 141:3, Pr 13:3 ,
  - Prov 21:23 Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.
  - Pr 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
  - ³⁷But let your word ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’^[q] Anything more than this is from the evil one.
- Mt 5:38-42 Go the second mile
- Mt 5:43-48 Love and pray for your enemies
  - ⁴⁸Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 5:48
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

⁴⁸Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
BE perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Be PERFECT, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Be perfect, THEREFORE, as your heavenly Father is perfect

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Beatitudes Adult Coloring pages to choose from

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

Why did Jesus go up on a mountain to speak?
1. too many article – what do you think?\
If you had to choose one Beatitude to be your favorite, which one would it be?
1. your answer
What do you think about being Salt and/or Light?
1. your answer
what does it mean to be perfect like God?\
1. I like this article – Ligonier study on Be ye Perfect
2. This goes a little deeper, I think – Patheos – being Perfect

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 4 or MMM4

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 35, Feb 4)

Passage

Matthew Chapter Four

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Homan Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 4
- Mt 4:1-11 The Temptation of Christ
  - ⁴But He answered, “It is written:
  - ⁷Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”^[
  - ¹⁰Then Jesus told him, “Go away,^[f] Satan! For it is written:
    - The basis for spiritual warfare – knowing the Word of God
- Mt 4:12-17 Ministry Begins
  - ¹⁷From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”
- Mt 4:18-22 Calling Peter, Andrew, James and John
  - ²⁰Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
  - ²²Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
- Mt 4:23- 25 Teaching and ministry
  - ²⁴Then the news about Him spread throughout Syria. So they brought to Him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics. And He healed them.

Image by Scottish Guy from Pixabay

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 4:7
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

⁷Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”
JESUS told him, it is also written…
Jesus TOLD him, it is also written…
Jesus told HIM, it is also written…

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Temptation of Christ- digital or print it out (right click, choose save image and put it in your pictures folder to print out)

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

What do you think the three temptations stand for?
1. Biblical Christianity says this, which I agree with, but my answer relates to 1 John 2:16
Who else preached “repent”, and why do you think this is what Jesus was preaching?
1. your answer
What does the calling of the four disciples tell us about how we should respond?
1. your answer

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

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