"But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purpos...  Read More

"Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye." Yesterday we discovered that we ARE called to...  Read More

"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you." Can I just say something that might surprise you? Jesus actually commands us to judge. I know that sounds incredible given what we've been taught, but stay with me.Matthew 7:1 has become the favorite verse of people who don't want anyone pointing out...  Read More

do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Paul tells us not to be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let our requests be made known to God. But notice something incredible here. He doesn't just say "make your requests known." He adds something: "with ...  Read More

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So after exposing anxiety's lies about birds and lilies, preservation and plans, Jesus gives us the solution. And it's simpler than we think: seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.But what does that actually mean right now in your everyday lif...  Read More

And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Jesus uses lilies to make an incredible ...  Read More

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? Jesus asks an incredible question: "Are you not of more value than the birds?" But anxiety twists that question around and whispers, "So the birds are more blessed th...  Read More

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?" Yesterday I said over 458 million people have connected with the words "my anxiety, can't shake it off of me." That's not just a song lyric. That's a reality for so many of us right now. But here...  Read More

"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." We end this week where we began...with a choice. Because that's what this has always been about. Not information, but decision. Not understanding, but surrender.Jesus makes it clear, "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." All. These. Thing...  Read More

"But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load." Let me get vulnerable with you because I need to practice what I'm preaching. I struggle with comparison. Not the kind where I look at someone's car or house and wish I had what they have. It's far worse than that. I compare God's decision to...  Read More

"Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?" There's a story Jesus told that makes people uncomfortable, and honestly, it should. A landowner hires workers throughout the day. Some work twelve hours in the burning heat. Others work just one hour. At the end of the day, he pays them all the same amount. The workers who labored all day are furious...  Read More

"The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!" Here's what I need you to know...you can be looking right at Jesus and still be completely blind.In the first century, when Jesus said "if your eye is bad," everyone l...  Read More