Author Archives: L. Lyden

What about fasting? “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.  Matthew 6:16 Here is yet another thing Jesus is telling His disciples that is toContinue reading “January 10, 2022”

Pray in secret But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. Matthew 6:6 Apparently, in Jesus’s day, the religious leaders liked to get attention by prayingContinue reading “January 9, 2022”

Be good to others But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,  Matthew 6:3 Have you ever done something good or nice for someone and then nobody even notice or acknowledged it.  Maybe you felt slighted or maybe you let others know, becauseContinue reading “January 8, 2022”

Be children of God That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.  Matthew 5:45 Have you ever thought about this?  Why does God let His sun rise on evil peopleContinue reading “January 7, 2022”

Be Generous And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.  Matthew 5:41 Generosity!  It is the ultimate example of what our God is.  He is extreme generous in all the He is and does.  His love is overflowingly generous in that He didn’t even spare His only son to show howContinue reading “January 6, 2022”

No smoke screen But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.  Matthew 5:37 When I was young, other kids would often say, “I swear on a stack of Bibles.”  Meaning they were being as honest and authentic as they could possibly be. Continue reading “January 5, 2022”

Cut it off And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.  Matthew 5:30 This scripture has always been a little disturbing to me. Continue reading “January 4, 2022”

Agree with your adversary Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. Matthew 5:25 We live in an extremely angry world.  People everywhere are ready to tell youContinue reading “January 3, 2022”

God’s law “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.  Matthew 5:17 As a young person, I was always under the impression that God gave the law/commandments to keep the people from sinning.  Even though that is true, I now realizeContinue reading “January 2, 2022”

Happy New Year Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.  Matthew 5:16 Happy New year!  I hope everyone had a wonderful time celebrating as we said goodbye to 2021 and welcomed in 2022!  This is the time when we reflect back onContinue reading “January 1, 2022”