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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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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
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 7 or MMM7

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 38, Feb 7)

Passage
Matthew Chapter Seven

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 7
- Mt 7:1 don’t judge
  - “Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. ²For with the judgment you use,^[a] you will be judged, and with the measure you use,^[b] it will be measured to you.
    - John 7:24
      - ²⁴Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
  - We have to make judgements. Proverbs is full of judgements. This is talking about judging without checking out your own heart first. Harsh judging just to put someone down. Judging to lift yourself up. Judging that doesn’t need to be done.
    - Luke 6:37, Luke 6:41, Romans 2:1, Romans 14:10, Romans 14:13,
    - Determine the difference between God’s hand and the enemy’s hand –
      - Ephesians 6:12
        
        ¹²For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
    - Matthew 10:16 Christ did give a warning to watch for those without good intentions.
      - “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.
  - When in doubt, don’t. Because we can trust God to take care of us.
    - Romans 12:18- 20 Our response to perceived evil:
      - ¹⁷Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. ¹⁸If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. ¹⁹Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”^[d] says the Lord. ²⁰On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
        In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”^[e]
- Mt 7:2-6 Hypocrites and Pigs
- Mt 7:7-12 Ask, Seek, Knock, give as you would be given
  - ⁹What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
  - ¹²Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them—this is the Law and the Prophets.^[h]
- Mt 7:13-14 Where to Enter
  - ¹³“Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. ¹⁴How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
- Mt 7:15-20
  - ²⁰So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.
- Mt 7:21-23 To be known
  - ²¹“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven.
  - ²³Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!’^[i]^[j]
- Mt 7:24-27 Build your house on THE Rock
  - ²⁵The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.
- Mt 7:28-29
- ²⁸When Jesus had finished this sermon,^[k] the crowds were astonished at His teaching, ²⁹because He was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 7:13
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

¹³“Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it.
ENTER through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction
Enter THROUGH the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction.
Enter through THE narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction.

…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 7 color page by Mary Jo:

by Mary Jo

Life on the rock thoughts and Coloring page by Mary Dean

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

Do you find yourself judging in a critical way? What do you do then?
1. your answer
Does the log scripture go along with the judge scripture?
1. Why or why not? if no, what does it say to us?
Is there anything that you need to Ask, Seek, and Knock about? What does this mean?
1. GotQuestions handles this very well, though I believe that we can apply this to any need.
Do you understand the narrow path and wide path?
1. GotQuestions does well in explaining this as well.

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 6 or MMM6

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew chapter six

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
  - ²So 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
  - ⁶But 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. ¹⁵But 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
  - ¹⁷But when you fast, put oil on your head, and wash your face, ¹⁸so 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
  - ²¹For 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.
    - MMM19
- 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?
  - ²⁷Can any of you add a single cubit to his height^[o] by worrying?
  - ³³But seek first the kingdom of God^[q] and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. ³⁴Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
  - 1 Peter 5:7
    - ⁷Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
  - Mt 10:30-31

Mindful Meditating

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

example:

³³But 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.

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

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 10

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 41, Feb 10)

Passage

Matthew Chapter 10

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 10
- Mt 10:1-4 Commissioning the Twelve
  - Summoning His 12 disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every^[a] disease and sickness.
- Mt 10:5-15 The pattern for ministering
  - stay away from Samaria (right now)
  - ⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with skin diseases, drive out demons. You have received free of charge; give free of charge.
  - don’t take money – for the worker is worthy of his food.
  - hosting missionaries – ¹¹“When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave.
- Mt 10:16- 25 Persecution is coming – be prepared
  - ¹⁶“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.
  - ²⁰because you are not speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.
  - ²²You will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.^[g]
- Mt 10:26-31 Don’t fear, worth more than sparrows
- Mt 10:32-39 The division cost by belief
  - ³²“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven. ³³But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
  - ³⁷The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. ³⁸And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow^[m] Me is not worthy of Me. ³⁹Anyone finding^[n] his life will lose it, and anyone losing^[o] his life because of Me will find it.
- Mt 10:40– 42Welcoming Christ Welcomes the Father
  - ⁴⁰“The one who welcomes you welcomes Me, and the one who welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me.

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.

Various 12 Apostles of Jesus coloring pages 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 was the job of th disciples? what were they sent to do?
1. Your answer
Can we do what the disciples did? why or why not?
1. your answer
Why does Christ bring a sword to families and churches?
1. I like how GotAnswers deals with this question.
How can you apply the welcoming bit to your own life?
1. Your answer

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 9 or MMM9

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 5

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 40, Feb 9)

Passage

Matthew Chapter 9

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 9
- Mt 9:1-8 healing and forgiving sins
  - ⁵For which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ⁶But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He told the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.” ⁷And he got up and went home.
- Mt 9:9-13 Matthew and Tax Collectors
  - ¹³Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice.^[f] For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”^[g]
- Mt 9:14-17 New vs Old
- Mt 9:18-26 Two healings in One effort
  - leaders daughter raised from the dead
    - ²⁵But when the crowd had been put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up.
  - but first – on the way – woman with the issue of blood
    - ²²But Jesus turned and saw her. “Have courage, daughter,” He said. “Your faith has made you well.”
- Mt 9:27-31 Healing two blind men
  - 28 When He entered the house, the blind men approached Him, and Jesus said to them, “D0 you believe that I can do this?” “yes, Lord” they answered Him
  - ²⁹Then He touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith!”
- Mt 9:32-34 Mute delivered and speaks
- Mt 9:35-37 The Lord of the Harvest
  - ³⁷Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. ³⁸Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 9:22
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

²²But Jesus turned and saw her. “Have courage, daughter,” He said. “Your faith has made you well.”
BUT Jesus turned and saw her.
Have courage, daughter, He said.
YOUR faith has made you well.
Your FAITH has made you well.
Your faith HAS made you well.

…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 Variety of Jesus healing people art to choose from.

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

Which do you think is easier to say – your sins are forgiven or rise up and take your bed and walk? Why?
1. your answer
2. BibleRef
What does it mean “I desire mercy not sacrifice”?
1. your answer
What similarities were there between healings?
1. your answer
What is the harvest and who are the workers?
1. your answer

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.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 8 or MMM 8

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 39, Feb 8)

Passage

Matthew Chapter 8

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 8
- mt 8:1-4 Cleanses the Leper
  - ³Reaching out His hand He touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” Immediately his disease was healed.^[a]
    - leprosy was considered the outcome of sin
    - lepers were outcasts
    - lepers were unclean but Jesus TOUCHED him – how long had it been since he’d been touched.
- Mt 8:5-13 the Centurion’s faith
  - ⁵When He entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, ⁶“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible agony!”
  - ⁷“I will come and heal him,” He told him.
  - 8-9 The power of authority with faith
  - ¹⁰Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following Him, “I assure you: I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith!
  - ¹¹I tell you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
    - indication that the Kingdom of God is not just for Jews!
- Mt 8:14-17 Peter’s Mother in Law
  - ⁷so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:He Himself took our weaknesses
    and carried our diseases.
  - ¹⁶When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick,
    - key – the sick came to him – James 5:14-15
- Mt 8:18-22 counting the cost
  - ²⁰Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
- Mt 8:23-27 the Winds and Waves obey
  - ²⁴Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But He was sleeping. ²⁵So the disciples came and woke Him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to die!”
    - these were fishermen, they knew the seriousness of the storm.
  - ²⁶But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, you of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea. And there was a great calm.
  - ²⁶But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, you of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea. And there was a great calm.
- Mt 8: 28-34 Gadarene Demoniacs and Swine
  - ²⁹Suddenly they shouted, “What do You have to do with us,^[j]^[k] Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”
    - they knew who He was
  - ³²“Go!” He told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs. And suddenly the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water.
    - The pigs committed suicide rather than live with demons in their heads.
  - ³⁴At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

Image by FaithGiant from Pixabay

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 8:3
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

³Reaching out His hand He touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.”
REACHING out His hand He touched him, saying,…
Reaching OUT His hand He touched him, saying…
Reaching out HIS hand He touched him, saying…

…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.

Matthew 8:27 coloring page to print

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

Why did Jesus touch the leper? the law made that unclean for a period of time.
1. I think the key is in the words “Immediately his disease was healed.” I don’t believe the leper was leprous when Jesus touched him, that the healing power was instantaneous. But the power of the at of touching the leper can be explained by Church Militants article.
Why does the Bible say that after Peter’s mother-in-law was healed that she got up and served them?
1. The Gospel Coalition has thoughts on Peter’s mother-in-law.
Why were the disciples amazed at Jesus calming the storm?
1. – your answer
Why did the Gadarenes ask Jesus to leave the region? does that make sense to you?
1. – your answer

~~~~~~~

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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