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Let us build a house on a solid embedded rock and not on any sand

  Let us build a house on a solid embedded rock and not on any sand My apologies to my readers because I have not posted anything for a couple of Weeks.   The reason was that my computer gave up the ghost. I’m sure this has happened to a lot of people since computers came into the modern era.   So then in this connected world it can be so easy to lose ourselves with our digital friends.   We need to remember that when God created us, he created us in such a way that we didn’t have wires coming out of our heads.   Our Lord explains to us in the Sermon on the Mount the importance of our relationship with God and with our neighbours.   By God’s grace and mercy let us have our lives aligned in love with God and our neighbour.   Today we are going to finish our series by looking at 1.        The narrow and wide gates Matthew. Matthew 7. 13-14 2.        A tree and its fruit Matthew 7. 15-23 3.        The two foundations Matthew 7. 13-29 Let’s begin by reading: The Narrow and Wi

The Golden Rule as a reflection for Asking and Seeking from God

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  We have already seen how our Lord wants us to pray in the Our Father: ·          Adoration; We give God the glory that belongs to him (Our Creator, the One who gave us life and redeems us and keeps us) ·          Confession; We confess that he is God, The Most Holy et al. ·          Thanksgiving; We continually thank God for all good things come from Him ·          Supplication; We make our requests to a Holy God through Christ. The above is just some things about the prayer.   The prayer also has at the end about forgiving others. The verses below I think are some of the most misinterpreted verses in certain churches that push wealth as important (on a pedestal).   That is a complete misfit of what the text is about.      The picture I used this Week for the blog was taken from: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Washington_Allston_- Elijah_in_the_Desert – Google_Art_Project.jpg/640px-Washington_Allston – Elijah_in_the_Desert -_Google_Art_Project.jpg Let