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Daily Bread

Open Doors

Date: Feb. 5, 2021

Passage

Matthew 7:1-12 (ESV)

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

1. Do not judge (1-6)

We invent many ways to judge others. But judging is like shutting a door in one's face. Perhaps it makes us feel superior. Jesus did not come to judge, but to save. He didn't come to look down on us, but to become like us. Rather than judging, we can show compassion, mercy, and grace. Rather than judging, we ought to examine our own hearts and recognize our own need for mercy.

2. Ask, seek, knock (7-12)

Sometimes we are so sure that we don't ask. Or maybe we are scared to be unsure, so we don't ask. Or maybe we are simply scared of rejection or not getting anything. I found that asking questions and seeing where they lead often leads to a fuller and richer faith. It will also lead to further questions. God is not a closed door, but one that opens to more and more riches when we continue to ask, seek, and knock. God continues to fulfill the scriptures and advances his kingdom when we seek him more and more. He is a fountain of living water.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for your grace and your generosity to open doors to me and to all who seek you.

One Word: The door will be open for you

Daily Bread

God’s Wrath and Justice

Revelation 6:1-17

Key Verse: 6:17

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”

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Intro Daily

Today's Question

What does God require from us to escape His anger and curse, which we deserve for our sin?

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