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Mindfully Meditating in Matthew, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 37, Feb 6)

Passage
Matthew Chapter Six

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 6
  • Mt 6:1-4  Quiet Giving
    • ² So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!
  • Mt 6:5-8 Privately Pray
    • ⁶ But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you
  • Mt 6:9-13 The Lord’s prayer
  • Mt 6:14-15 Forgiveness
    • ¹⁴ “For if you forgive people their wrongdoing,^[i] your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. ¹⁵ But if you don’t forgive people,^[j] your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.^[k]
      • Matthew 18:21-35
        •  ³⁵ “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
      • Luke 6:37
        • “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
      • Mark 11:25
        • And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
      • Ephesians 4:32
        • Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
      • Colossians 3:13
        • Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
          
  • Mt 6:16- 18 Secret Fasting
    • ¹⁷ But when you fast, put oil on your head, and wash your face, ¹⁸ so that you don’t show your fasting to people but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.^[
  • Mt 6:19-24 Treasures, The Eye and Masters
    • ²¹ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
    • ²² “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.
    • 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.
      • Choose today whom you will serve –
        • ^{Joshua 24:15} And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
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  • Mt 6:25-34 Anxieties
    • ²⁵ “This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?
    • ²⁷ Can any of you add a single cubit to his height^[o] by worrying?
    • ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God^[q] and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. ³⁴ Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
    • 1 Peter 5:7
      • ⁷ Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
    • Mt 10:30-31

Mindful Meditating

1. choose a verse,
2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
3.  example: Matt 6:33
4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

• ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God^[q] and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
• BUT seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness
• but SEEK first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness
• but seek FIRST the Kingdom of G0d and His righteousness
• but seek first THE Kingdom of God and His righteousness

…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 lovely color page of the Lord’s Prayer

A set of many different coloring pages for the Lord’s prayer

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

1. Consider your giving and if it is in secret
   1. your answer
2. Do you know the Lord’s Prayer? Is it the same as is written in your Bible?
   1. your answer
3. Do you pray the Lord’s prayer?
   1. Your answer
4. What is the key to being forgiven?
   1. your answer – and Open Bible has a list of verses that go along with forgiveness

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.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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• Naomi’s Heart Ministries
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