Matthew 22

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Monkey See, Monkey Don’t

Matthew 22:39 – …Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. People that experience mistreatment and verbal or physical abuse often grow to conduct the same behavior toward others. Children take on the destructive behaviors of their parents when they have children themselves. Husbands abuse their spouses in the same manner they witnessed their mother being

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Glory Train

Photo courtesy of Stock.XCHNG.com/bjearwicke 1 Corinthians 10:31 – Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1. There are many compartments in our lives. Many Christians live their lives like train compartments. One compartment may represent their home life; another compartment is for work; and another

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Perfected Love

Matthew 22:35-40 – Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is

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Influence of Music

The Influence of Music: Part 2

When being told certain genres of Christian music are not appropriate for our lives before God, many questions arise: What am I suppose to listen to? What about the youth? What do you give them? How do I distinguish between songs and artists? To answer these questions, let’s review our greatest commandment: Matthew 22:36-38 – Master,

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The Main Event

Mark 8:36-37 – For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Though there are many things the ‘world’ would consider being important (i.e. family, job), the most important is your soul. For different

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Breaking the Rod

Proverbs 13:24 – He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. When it comes to discipline or punishment, many of us believe if ‘you spare the rod, you spoil the child’ (Proverbs 13:24). And many take every opportunity to use the rod without understanding the purpose of

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