Matthew 6:01-18 Bible Study - Giving, Prayer & Fasting

(Aired Sept. 24th, 2020)
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Description:
In this week's Bible Study, Dave goes through the first half of Matthew chapter 6. Continuing in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, we look at what Jesus has to say about Giving, Praying, and Fasting.

References:

08:44 - Matt 05;17 - “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished."

09:20 - Leviticus 27;30: “A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord”

09:38 - Proverbs 03;09 “Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops”

13:48 - Matthew 25;14-30 Parable of the talents (bags of gold)

18:38 - Luke 16;10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much”

22:50 - Philippians 04;06-07 “do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

23:13 - Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster

23:45 - “To Pray is to Change. Prayer is the central Avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives. The closer we come to the heartbeat of God the more we see our need and the more we desire to be conformed to Christ.” (Richard Foster - Celebration of Discipline)

32:58 - God’s Chosen Fast by Arthur Wallis

36:25 - “Scripture has so much to say about fasting that we would do well to look once again at this ancient discipline. The list of biblical personages who fasted reads like a “who’s who” of the Bible: Moses, King David, the prophet Elijah, the apostle Paul, and of course Jesus. Many of the great Christians throughout church history fasted and witnessed to its value; among them were Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox, John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd and Charles Finnery.”
(Richard Foster - Celebration of Discipline)

37:07 “The constant propaganda fed us today convinces us that if we do not have three large meals each day, with several snacks in between, we are on the verge of starvation. This coupled with the popular belief that it is a positive virtue to satisfy every human appetite, has made fasting seem obsolete.”
(Richard Foster - Celebration of Discipline)

43:48 - Partial Fast - Daniel 10;03, “I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth.”

44:31 - Absolute fast - Acts 09;09, “For three days he neither ate nor drank.”