October, 2009
"Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father, Grandfather in heaven the new earth and garden which is coming.
"So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, temples and church and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, Grandfather who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, temples and church and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, Grandfather who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, and those who do not truly believe in the Creator of all life for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
"This, then, is how you should pray:
" 'Our Father in heaven,
Holy is your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts and sins,
as we also have forgiven our debtors and those who sin against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one the coyote and serpent, For
if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also
forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not
forgive your sins.
"When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, Grandfather who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
"And why do you worry about clothes? See
how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that
not even King Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
If that is how God the Creator of all life clothes the grass of the
field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not
much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry,
saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
For the pagans and non believers run after all these things,
and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek
first his kingdom and his righteousness in obedience, and all these things will
be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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Draw closer to the Creator God of all life & God will draw closer to you. He is
at the center of your universe.
"MY FATHER ALWAYS TAUGHT, ME "THAT ANY PERSON CAN STAND UP FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE
RIGHT, BUT IT TAKES A PERSON WITH A SPECIAL HEART OF THE CREATOR GOD TO STAND UP
AGAINST WHAT IS WRONG."
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Draw closer to the Creator God of all life & God will draw closer to you. He is
at the center of your universe.
"MY FATHER ALWAYS TAUGHT, ME "THAT ANY PERSON CAN STAND UP FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE
RIGHT, BUT IT TAKES A PERSON WITH A SPECIAL HEART OF THE CREATOR GOD TO STAND UP
AGAINST WHAT IS WRONG."