Matthew

  • The Mustard Seed

    The Mustard Seed

    It’s the little things in life that make the biggest difference. A few extra seconds tightening a bolt can keep a machine from breaking. A kind word … The Mustard Seed

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  • The Little Chapel That Stood

    The Little Chapel That Stood

    September 11, 2001, started like any other morning in New York City, but then everything changed. The first plane hit the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. … The Little Chapel That Stood

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  • The Fisherman’s Call

    The Fisherman’s Call

    Mathew 4:19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”  I have been known to watch a few fishing shows, from Bill Dance back in the day to Jeremy Wade and River Monsters. I have also done some fishing over my time as well. Watching the shows, one

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  • The Veil Was Torn

    The Veil Was Torn

    Mathew 27: 51 51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. Have you ever crushed a Coke can? I can remember as a kid crushing aluminum cans. I would try real hard to crush those cans with one flex of my

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  • The Silent Quit

    The Silent Quit

    Matthew 26:40-41 “40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” There is a term in the workplace called “The Silent Quit.” It is basically when

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  • If You Don’t Use It, You Lose It

    If You Don’t Use It, You Lose It

    Matthew 1:24 “When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.” The other day I stumbled upon a YouTube video of this old

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  • His Words

    His Words

    Matthew 7:12 “In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” You have seen this thing called the golden rule.  Mothers and Fathers have been teaching this to their children for generations.  Most shocking is that this is a quote from Jesus

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  • Build Your House on the Rock

    Build Your House on the Rock

    Matthew 7:24-27 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

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  • Back 2 Basic

    Back 2 Basic

    Matthew 22:36-40 “’Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on

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  • The Wise Men

    The Wise Men

    Matthew 2:1 “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem” Below is an excerpt from an article about the wise men who visited Jesus in Bethlehem. History gives us a perspective that we sometimes miss. The History Behind the Three Kings/Wise Men/Magi in the

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