Matthew 9:18-38~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on The ESV Bible ~ In Matthew chapter 9 today we read about Jesus healing in response to people’s faith – the faith of the father, the faith of the woman, the blind men, and many others.  It is…

Matthew 9:1-17~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ In Matthew chapter 9 we read about Jesus not only healing – but also forgiving sins.  This is a power and an authority – forgiving sins – that only God could truly have.  It…

Matthew 8:18-34~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on The ESV Bible ~ Matthew’s readings in chapter 8 today are powerful in so many ways.  The first section of our readings focuses on the costs of following Jesus.  And I do think that we all probably realize…

Matthew 8:1-17~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today we read Matthew chapter 8, which is an amazing look at Jesus’ healing ministry.  While we do read about someone with leprosy, and a paralyzed man, and others with sicknesses and demons –…

Matthew 7:15-29~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today in Matthew chapter 7 we wrap up the Sermon on the Mount!  Not a bad 3 chapters of teaching from Jesus, eh?  🙂 Verse 20 was insightful for me today: “Yes, the way…

Matthew 6:25-7:14~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today in Matthew we continue the Sermon on the Mount!  Chapter 6 verse 27 is solid science from Jesus: “Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not.” Wouldn’t you…

Matthew 6:1-24~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Our readings in Matthew chapter 6 today seem to be focusing quite a bit on the interior motives of why we do things – and to do things sometimes in secret, where only God will…

Matthew 5:27-48~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Matthew 5:27-30 are Jesus’ teachings about adultery.  And really I think these teachings, along with many others in the Sermon on the Mount, are even more so about what is going on inside our…

Matthew 5:1-26~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Okay…today is a big day my friends!  We are starting the Sermon on the Mount!  Whoo-hoo! (are you cheering here with me?? 🙂  And as we do, let me encourage you in a few…

Matthew 4:12-25~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Matthew chapter 4:12 begins Jesus’ public ministry!  Verse 17 is of note: “From then on, Jesus began to preach, “Turn from your sins and turn to God, because the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”” …