You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate.
The highway to hell is broad,
and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.
But the gateway to life is very narrow
and the road is difficult,
and only a few ever find it.
Matthew 7:13-14
Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you.
This is the essence of all that is taught
in the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:12
Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for.
Keep on seeking, and you will find.
Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives.
Everyone who seeks, finds.
And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
Matthew 7:7-8
Do not judge others,
and you will not be judged.
For you will be treated as you treat others.
The standard you use in judging
is the standard by which you will be judged.
Matthew 7:1-2
(En Gedi National Park, Israel)
So don’t worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will bring its own worries.
Today’s trouble is enough for today.
Matthew 6:34
Seek the kingdom of God above all else,
and live righteously,
and he will give you everything you need.
Matthew 6:34
…I tell you not to worry about everyday life—
whether you have enough food and drink,
or enough clothes to wear.
Isn’t life more than food and your body more than clothing?
Look at the birds.
They don’t plant or harvest
or store food in barns,
for your heavenly Father feeds them.
And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?
Matthew 6:25-26
Don’t store up treasures here on earth,
where moths eat them and rust destroys them,
and where thieves break in and steal.
Store your treasures in heaven,
where moths and rust cannot destroy,
and thieves do not break in and steal.
Wherever your treasure is,
there the desires of your heart will also be.
Matthew 6:19-21
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
Amen.
Matthew 6:9-13
When you pray,
don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do.
They think their prayers are answered
merely by repeating their words again and again.
Don’t be like them,
for your Father knows exactly what you need
even before you ask him!
Matthew 6:7-8
