BIBLE BYTES -- The Bible is the GOAT! Verses and values from the Old and New Testaments!
Jesus said several times that when you let God direct your ways, you will always have access to work and other means for food, shelter and clothing. This part of the prayer affirms this promise. When you trust God and seek his ways, he sees to it your basic needs are met.
This portion of the prayer calls you to desire God’s will over your own. You have to respect God first. You seek his will because he knows everything that is or will be. On your own, you cannot know what God knows. This is how God works.
Matthew 6:10 (NIV) 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
12/22/2024
In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus instructs how to talk to God. It begins by recognizing God as a Father and the Father of everyone and all that is. He is holy above all else and showing respect of his authority (also called “fearing God”), is the best way to begin prayer.
Matthew 6:9 (NIV) 9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
12/15/2024
These verses show how to trust God in your most dire times. The woman’s only son fell ill and died very quickly. She said “It shall be well,” and then, “it is well.” It was, as she looked for Elisha and God used him to bring her son back to life. No matter the trouble, it shall be well.
2 Kings 4: 18-26 (KJV) 18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. 22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. 23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. 24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. 25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
12/8/2024
Living a quiet life, without guile, and seeking God’s ways, is the template to peace in your life. Letting God take care of whether others are in the right or wrong is what minding your own business means. You never do better than when you are exactly where God has you.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 (TLB) 11 This should be your ambition: to live a quiet life, minding your own business and doing your own work, just as we told you before.
12/1/2024
