Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
-Matthew 28: 19-20Read more

I needed clothes and you clothed me,
Matthew 25:36

Have you ever walked into a house that hugged you with the peace of God? Have you ever stepped across the threshhold from chaos into calm? Have you ever entered a home where you were a friend before they ever saw you? Well then you must know Phil and Linda.

Having worn the same clothes for days, discouraged and wounded, we arrived after arrangements were made to meet. They were one of the respondants to a freecycle post I had sent, asking for clothing donations for my boys.Read more

...an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod.
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Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
-Matthew 6:25

How many times have I glibly and matter-of-factly recommend the above verse to people in the throes of worry? Too many to count, I think. It's just so easy to say and it rolls out of the mouth so smoothly. The Bible says do not worry, brother. Sure.Read more

Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
-Matthew 6:12

There it is again…the ice-pick-in-the-brain sound of your ringing phone. How many times has that been today? Three? Ten? Why do they keep calling? Let’s see, you didn’t answer the first time so what makes them think you will answer the next dozen times? Just who do they think they are anyway? You told them yesterday that you didn’t have any money to give them and they said fine. So what’s the deal?
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