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Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 24 or MMM24

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter Twenty Four

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 55, Feb 24)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-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 Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 24
- Mt 24:1-2 Destruction of the Temple foretold
  - ²Then He replied to them, “Don’t you see all these things? I assure you: Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”
- Mt 24:3- 35 When are these things going to happen?
  - ⁴Then Jesus replied to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you. ⁵For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.
    - wars and rumors of wars
    - nation rise against nation
    - famines
    - earthquakes
  - BIRTHPAINS
    - . ⁸All these events are the beginning of birth pains.
  - PERSECUTIONS
    - ⁹“Then they will hand you over for persecution,^[b] and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of My name.
    - false prophets
    - lawlessness
    - love of many grow cold (believers)
    - 1 Peter 4:14
      - If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
    - MMM5
  - ¹³But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.
    - ¹⁴This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world^[d] as a testimony to all nations. And then the end will come.
  - ABOMINATION THAT CAUSES DESOLATION
    - Flee to the mountains
  - GREAT TRIBULATION
    - ²¹For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again!
    - ²²Unless those days were limited, no one would^[i] survive.^[j] But those days will be limited because of the elect.
  - FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE MESSIAHS
    - ²⁴False messiahs^[k] and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵Take note: I have told you in advance.
  - RETURN OF CHRIST
    - ²⁷For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
  - AFTER TRIBULATION
    - The sun will be darkened,
      and the moon will not shed its light;
      the stars will fall from the sky,
      and the celestial powers will be shaken.
    - ³⁰“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth^[m] will mourn;^[n] and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
    - ³¹He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
    - This passage alone supports the post tribulation rapture of the saints.
  - The Fig Tree lesson
    - ³³In the same way, when you see all these things, recognize^[o] that He^[p] is near—at the door!
    - ³⁵Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Mt 24:36-44 No one knows the time
  - ³⁶“Now concerning that day and hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son^[q] —except the Father only.
  - I wish we’d all been ready tells this passage of scripture
  - ⁴²Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day^[s] your Lord is coming.
  - ⁴⁴This is why you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
- Mt 24:45-51 be the faithful Slave/Servant
  - Faithful
    - ⁴⁶That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded. ⁴⁷I assure you: He will put him in charge of all his possessions.
  - Evil
    - ⁵⁰that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. ⁵¹He will cut him to pieces^[u] and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- One place where I’ve written my thoughts on the end times is in IBBS Habakkuk , about the tribulation and signs of the End.
- When I had Covid, I wrote about whether it was one of the final plagues of the End – Covid and Me

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 24:13
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

¹³But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.
NIV but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
BUT the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
But THE one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
But the ONE who stands firm to the end will be saved.
But the one WHO stands firm to the end will be saved.
But the one who STANDS firm to the end will be saved.
But the one who stands FIRM to the end will be saved.

…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

no tribulation coloring pages, sorry

Song to Meditate upon

I wish we’d all been ready – Larry Norman

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 Jesus meant by the temple being torn down?
1. Bible Ref gives some historical information about this being true.
Have you heard of false Prophets of those calling themselves Messiah?
1. your answer
Have you done much reading on the Great Tribulation?
1. In IBBS Habakkuk I talk about some theories.
How do you feel about the second coming of Christ?
1. In Covid and Me I talk about fear and faith

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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.

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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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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 Twenty-One or MMM21

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 52, Feb 21)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-One

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 21
- Mt 21:1- 11 Jesus’ “triumphal” entrance into Jerusalem
  - Hosanna to the Son of David!
    He who comes in the name
    of the Lord is the blessed One!^[b]
    Hosanna in the highest heaven!
  - Lent Day Five
- Mt 21:12-13 cleansing the temple
  - ¹³And He said to them, “It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer.^[d] But you are making it a den of thieves!
- Mt 21:14 Blind and Lame healed
- Mt 21:15 – 17 children sing praises
  - the children shouting in the temple complex, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant ¹⁶and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?”
  - You have prepared^[f] praise
    from the mouths of children and nursing infants?”^[g]
- Mt 21:18 – 22 Barren Fig Tree and the power of faith
  - ²⁰When the disciples saw it, they were amazed and said, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
  - ²²And if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- Mt 21:23- 27 By what authority?
  - ²³When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”
  - ²⁵Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”
  - ²⁷So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
  - And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Mt 21:28-32 Parable of the two sons
  - Who obeyed?
    - ²⁹“He answered, ‘I don’t want to!’ Yet later he changed his mind and went.
    - “‘I will, sir,’ he answered. But he didn’t go.
    - “The first,” they said.
  - The point?
    - Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you!
- Mt 21:33-41 Parable of the Vineyard owner
  - ³³“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
  - when asked to present to the owner
    - beat servants
    - killed servants
    - killed son
  - Kicked out
    - ⁴¹“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told Him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at the harvest.”
  - It’s about fruit!
- Mt 21:42-46 Stone the builders rejected
  - The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.^[j]
    This came from the Lord
    and is wonderful in our eyes?
    - Psalm 118:22
  - ⁴³Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing its^[l] fruit. [⁴⁴Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whoever it falls, it will grind him to powder!]”
- Mt 21: 45-46 Plans to arrest, but afraid of the people

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 21:9
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

Hosanna to the Son of David!
He who comes in the name
of the Lord is the blessed One!^[b]
Hosanna in the highest heaven!
HOSANNA to the Son of David!
Hosanna TO the Son of David!
Hosanna to THE Son of David!
Hosanna to the SON of David!

…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

Triumphal Entry from SuperColoring

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

What was the significance of Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem?
1. Got Questions explains the history
Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?
1. Got Questions does a great job of explaining about fig trees and the biblical analogies within this story.

Enjoy a Song!

King of King and Lord of Lords – CeCe Winans
He’s still the King of Kings – Gaither Band

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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 22 or MMM22

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 53, Feb 22)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-Two

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 22
- Mt 22:1-14 Parable of the Wedding
  - Invited the expected company
    - Mt 22:3
      - ³He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.
    - God invites His children to the Wedding and sends his servants with the invitations (Evangelists, Prophets)
  - Invited them again – two busy
    - Mt 22: 5
      - ⁵“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business.
    - Those who’s lives are full of the hard road, the thorns, the rocky road, or just the cares of this life.
  - and then some attacked his servants
    - Mt 22:6
      - ⁶And the others seized his slaves, treated them outrageously and killed them.
    - Martyrs, preachers of Jesus, Prophets of God, Jesus, Disciples/Apostles, first century church.
  - Mt 22:7 King dealt with the children
  - Mt 22:8-11 Invite everyone
  - Mt 22:10- 12 Mt 22:one had no wedding robe
    - ¹²So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.
    - I was taught that when you invited people to the wedding feast, you provided a garment – so this man didn’t bother to wear it. The analogy is that Christ provides us with a white robe to wear to the marriage supper of the Lamb where we are the bride.
  - Mt 22:13 We must be fulfilling the requirements of Christianity, follower of Christ, or we will be cast out.
    - ¹³“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot,^[c] and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
    - Question in the QQ portion – what does this say about someone that has come into the family of Christ but defiles their wedding robes?
  - Mt 22:14
    - ¹⁴“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
- Mt 22:15-22 Taxes again
  - 21 Then He said to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
  - MMM17
- Mt 22:23-33 Resurrection of the dead discussed
  - a test from the Sadducees
    - ²³The same day some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came up to Him and questioned Him:
    - seven brothers and same wife
  - Jesus rebukes them
    - ²⁹Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.
  - A new thing explained
    - ³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like^[i] angels in heaven.
    - Interesting concept
  - God of the Living
    - ³¹Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God: ³²I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?^[j] He^[k] is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
- Mt 22:34- 40 Another test by the Pharisees
  - ³⁵And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test Him: ³⁶“Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”^[l]
  - Answer
    - ³⁷He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.^[m]
    - ³⁹The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
    - ⁴⁰All the Law and the Prophets depend^[p] on these two commands.”
- Mt 22:41-45 Jesus turns the tables
  - Mt 22: 45 Who is the Messiah?
    - ⁴⁵“If David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how then can the Messiah be his Son?”
  - His answer was clear enough to them that they no longer asked Him any questions.
    - ⁴⁶No one was able to answer Him at all,^[t] and from that day no one dared to question Him anymore.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 22:37
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

³⁷He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
LOVE the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Love THE Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

…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.

Here’s a great song! Love the Lord your God with all your soul

Parable of the Wedding Feast coloring page by Super Coloring

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

What does the wedding garment represent?
1. This page had great answers to this question! I got lost in it!
Does the casting out of the person that is in the wedding room, but not wearing clean clothes mean that there can be those that profess Christ, but can still be cast out?
What is the point that Jesus was making about the Messiah being the Son of David?
1. Bible Blender has a good explanation with extra texts

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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 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 in Matthew chapter 15 or MMM15

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 46, Feb 15)

Passage Matthew Chapter Fifteen

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 15
- Mt 15:1-20 Clean hands or clean hearts?
  - 1-9 Reprimanding the Pharisees
    - make rulings to undermine the point of the law and benefit themselves.
    - “‘These people honor me with their lips,
      but their hearts are far from me.
      ⁹They worship me in vain;
      their teachings are merely human rules.’^[c]”
  - 10-20what washing hands was a foreshadowing of:
    - ¹⁰Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. ¹¹What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
    - ¹⁸But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. ¹⁹For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. ²⁰These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
- Mt 15:21-28 The Faith of the Canaanite Woman – how to press in for answers
  - Came to Jesus – request #1
    - ²²A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
  - Ignored
    - ²³Jesus did not answer a word.
    - So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
    - ²⁴He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
  - Request #2
    - ²⁵The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
  - Rebuked – potentially a denial
    - ²⁶He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
  - Request/Response #3
    - ²⁷“Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
  - Rewarded for persistent Faith
    - ²⁸Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
- Mt 15:29-31 Jesus Healing multitudes
  - ³¹The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.
- Mt 15:32 – 38 Feeding the Four Thousand
  - Jesus’ practical compassion
    - ³²Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”
  - disciples forget previous miracles
    - ³³His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”
  - What DO you have?
    - “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
  - Prayer of Thanksgiving
    - ³⁶Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.
  - How many ate?
    - ⁷They all ate and were satisfied.
    - ³⁸The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children.
  - Exceedingly Abundantly above what you ask or think:
    - Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
    - NO WASTE – LEFTOVERS!
- Mt 15:39 – Moving on to the next place
  - - ³⁹After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.
- Here is an excellent comparison between the feeding of the five thousand and the feeding of the four thousand.

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:

¹⁸But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them
BUT the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
But THE things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them,
But the THINGS that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart
But the things THAT come out of a person’s mouth come fr0m the heart

Life and death are in the power of the tongue! Prov 18:21

…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 coloring pages of Jesus feeding the 5000 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.

How does the whole conversation about words and hands defiling you make you feel?
1. Your Answer
Does this irradicate the Laws that the Pharisees made that ruled their every day?
1. Your Answer
A very interesting Article in BibleAsk about the Clash between Jesus and Pharisees.

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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 14 or MMM14

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 45, Feb 14)

Passage
Matthew Chapter Fourteen

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 14
- Mt 14:1-12 the story of the death of John the Baptist
  - ¹²Then his disciples came, removed the corpse,^[c] buried it, and went and reported to Jesus.
- Mt 14:13-14 Jesus tries to mourn John
  - - ¹³When Jesus heard about it, He withdrew from there by boat to a remote place to be alone. When the crowds heard this, they followed Him on foot from the towns. ¹⁴As He stepped ashore,^[d] He saw a huge crowd, felt compassion for them, and healed their sick.
- Mt 14: 15-21 Feeding the 5000
  - YOU do it
    - ¹⁶“They don’t need to go away,” Jesus told them. “You give them something to eat.”
  - WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH
    - ¹⁷“But we only have five loaves and two fish here,” they said to Him.
  - GIVE IT TO JESUS
    - ¹⁸“Bring them here to Me,” He said.
  - MORE THAN ENOUGH
    - ²⁰Everyone ate and was filled. Then they picked up 12 baskets full of leftover pieces!
- Mt 14:22- 33 Take a Walk on the Water
  - Prayer time JESUS WAS ALONE
    - ²³After dismissing the crowds, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone.
  - Danger arose- JESUS WAS WATCHING
    - ²⁴But the boat was already over a mile^[h] from land,^[i] battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.
  - JESUS DIDN’T COME RIGHT AWAY
    - ⁵Around three in the morning,^[j] He came toward them walking on the sea.
  - FRIGHTENED MORE OF THE GHOST!
  - JESUS CALMED THEIR FEARS
    - ²⁷Immediately Jesus spoke to them. “Have courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
  - PETER WALKS ON WATER
    - ²⁸“Lord, if it’s You,” Peter answered Him, “command me to come to You on the water.”
    - ²⁹“Come!” He said.
    - And climbing out of the boat, Peter started walking on the water and came toward Jesus.
  - PETER LOOKS AT THE STORM
    - ³⁰But when he saw the strength of the wind,^[k] he was afraid. And beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
  - JESUS REPRIMANDS, BUT SAVES
    - ³¹Immediately Jesus reached out His hand, caught hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
  - THEN THE STORM CEASED!
    - ³²When they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
  - Peter stepped out of the boat in faith WHILE IN THE MIDST OF A STORM!
  - ³³Then those in the boat worshiped Him and said, “Truly You are the Son of God!”
- Mt 14:34-36 – Touch the tassel
  - ³⁴Once they crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
  - ³⁶They were begging Him that they might only touch the tassel on His robe. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.
    - Sounds like the woman with the issue of blood!
      - Luke 8:43-48
        
        ⁴³A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years, who had spent all she had on doctors^[a] yet could not be healed by any, ⁴⁴approached from behind and touched the tassel of His robe. Instantly her bleeding stopped.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 14:27
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

²⁷Immediately Jesus spoke to them. “Have courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
IMMEDIATELY Jesus spoke to them. “have courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.
JESUS spoke to them, have courage! it is I. Don’t be afraid,
Jesus SPOKE to them, have courage, it is I, don’t be afraid
Jesus spoke TO them, have courage, it is I, don’t be afraid.
Jesus spoke to ME, have courage, it is I, don’t be afraid.

…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 coloring pages of Jesus feeding the 5000 to choose from by Coloring Home

Various coloring pages of Jesus Walking on the Water 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.

Peter stepped out of the boat in faith WHILE IN THE MIDST OF A STORM!
1. What does that tell us about walking through storms?
2. The Eye of the Storm by Ryan Stevenson

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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.

The Wildberry Patch

Be Engrafted into the VINE to produce Eternal Fruit

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