Ray Bentley - February 3, 2019 - Matthew 6:9-13
Jesus taught us to pray with what we call The Lord's Prayer. He opens with "Our Father," an immediate declaration of our relationship with the King of the Universe. Jesus is sharing His relationship with His Father with us! He teaches us to honor God's Name, He asks for the Kingdom to come, and for God's will to be done. He asks for daily food, for forgiveness, andfor strength to resist temptation. He closes with, "For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever. Amen."
Ray Bentley - February 10, 2019 - Matthew 17:14-21
God uses our failures to teach us something very important. A distraught father brought his demonized son to the disciples begging them to deliver him, but they could not.
Jesus healed the boy, and the disciples learned: to take spiritual warfar...
Ray Bentley - February 17, 2019 - Matthew 17:22-27
When we can't understand what God is up to, we can know God still has a plan and is in control. As Jesus enters into His Last six months of ministry, He spends less time with the multitudes, and more time with the Disciples alone, preparing them....
Ray Bentley - February 24, 2019 - Matthew 18:1-9
“Which one of us is the greatest?” was a constant topic of discussion among the disciples, for it is mentioned often in the Gospels. Jesus has just spoken with the disciples about His coming suffering and death, but they weren’t listening. You can ...