Study Desk

And if you are nice only to your friends, you are no better than anyone else. Even the people who don't know God are nice to their friends.

"And when you pray, don't be like the people who don't know God. They say the same things again and again. They think that if they say it enough, their god will hear them.

"You cannot serve two masters at the same time. You will hate one and love the other, or you will be loyal to one and not care about the other. You cannot serve God and Money at the same time.

If God makes what grows in the field so beautiful, what do you think he will do for you? It's just grass—one day it's alive, and the next day someone throws it into a fire. But God cares enough to make it beautiful. Surely he will do much more for you. Your faith is so small!

That's what those people who don't know God are always thinking about. Don't worry, because your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things.

"Don't judge others, and God will not judge you.

If you judge others, you will be judged the same way you judge them. God will treat you the same way you treat others.

"Continue to ask, and God will give to you. Continue to search, and you will find. Continue to knock, and the door will open for you.

On that last Day many will call me Lord. They will say, ‘Lord, Lord, by the power of your name we spoke for God. And by your name we forced out demons and did many miracles.'

They came to Jesus and shouted, "What do you want with us, Son of God? Did you come here to punish us before the right time?"

Some of the teachers of the law heard what Jesus said. They said to themselves, "What an insult to God for this man to say that!"

The people saw this and they were amazed. They praised God for letting someone have such power.

God owns the harvest. Ask him to send more workers to help gather his harvest."

"Don't be afraid of people. They can kill the body, but they cannot kill the soul. The only one you should fear is God, the one who can send the body and the soul to be destroyed in hell.

God even knows how many hairs are on your head.

David went into God's house. He and those with him ate the bread that was offered to God. It was against the law for David or those with him to eat that bread. Only the priests were allowed to eat it.

This was to give full meaning to what Isaiah the prophet said when he spoke for God:

"So I tell you, people can be forgiven for every sinful thing they do and for every bad thing they say against God. But anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law answered Jesus. They said, "Teacher, we want to see you do a miracle as a sign from God."

But God has blessed you. You understand what you see with your eyes. And you understand what you hear with your ears.