Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: jesus

  • DO Be a Child

    One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.  But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.” …

  • The Forgiveness Revolution

    Matthew 18:21-35, CEB – Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, how many times should I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Should I forgive as many as seven times?” Jesus said, “Not just seven times, but rather as many as seventy-seven times. Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who…

  • What the Heck Did Jesus Just Say?

    Matthew 18:18-20, The Message –  “Take this most seriously: A yes on earth is yes in heaven; a no on earth is no in heaven. What you say to one another is eternal. I mean this. When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my…

  • When Offenses Occur. . .

    Matthew 18:15-18, CEB – “If your brother or sister sins against you, go and correct them when you are alone together. If they listen to you, then you’ve won over your brother or sister.  But if they won’t listen, take with you one or two others so that every word may be established by the…

  • The One That Wandered Away. . .

    Special Request from Pastor Eric: I want to send a special message to you all, my WeekdayWord.net family before I make the following information fully public.  I have been diagnosed with cancer in my colon.  I had/have no symptoms; it was caught with a routine colonoscopy.  My medical team is confident that it is probably…

  • Do We Have “Guardian Angels?”

    Matthew 18:10, CEB – “Be careful that you don’t look down on one of these little ones. I say to you that their angels in heaven are always looking into the face of my Father who is in heaven. Four reflections ago, when we were talking about Matthew 17:22-23, we learned that in most popular…

  • Forgetting How to Be a Child

    I apologize that this reflection is out of order in our journey through Matthew.  The day before yesterday, I had gotten the post all ready to post and then got called away.  When I returned, I made the false assumption that I had indeed made the post. So, yesterday, I made the next post and…

  • A Serious Commitment to Goodness

    Matthew 18:6-9, The Message – But if you give them a hard time, bullying or taking advantage of their simple trust, you’ll soon wish you hadn’t. You’d be better off dropped in the middle of the lake with a millstone around your neck. Doom to the world for giving these God-believing children a hard time!…

  • An Interesting Use of Freedom

    Matthew 17:24-27, CEB – When they came to Capernaum, the people who collected the half-shekel temple tax came to Peter and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” “Yes,” he said. But when they came into the house, Jesus spoke to Peter first.“What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect taxes,…

  • “I Have Some Bad News About the Good News”

    Matthew 17:22-23, NRSV – As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands,  and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were greatly distressed. Before we get to the main reflection today, I want…