“Practicing the Rule: Do Good" Today’s Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12 Morning Message: “Practicing the Rule: Do Good"

Do No Harm Do Good Keep on Loving God

Romans 8 15 You didn’t receive a spirit of slavery to lead you back again into fear, but you received a Spirit that shows you are adopted as God’s children. With this Spirit, we cry, “Abba, Father.”  16 The same Spirit agrees with our spirit, that we are God’s children. CEB

Matthew 6: 20, 21 Store up your treasures with God, where moths and rust cannot destroy them, and thieves cannot break in and steal them. Your heart will always be where your treasure is. Matthew 25: 40 Whatever you do for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seem, you do it for me.

“Earn all you can Save all you can, so you can Give all you can.”

Where are the boundaries? Will the demands for my time, my influence, and my money become overwhelming? Before I know it, my whole life could be given away. What if my gifts are rejected? What if my efforts are ridiculed? What if my gifts are misused and my concerns are overlooked?

“I assure you that whoever believes in me will do the works that I do “I assure you that whoever believes in me will do the works that I do. They will do even greater works than these because I am going to the Father.” John 14:12-14 CEB

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