When we pray we are not trying to get the attention of some distant deity who ignores us until we really put on a show. No, when we pray we are talking to our Father who sees us in secret and already knows what we need before we ask Him.

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The Disciple’s Prayer

Fasting and prayer are not easy. That’s why the hypocrites loved to show them off. But this passage shows us that this whole principle of “your best life later” applies to the spiritual disciplines of prayer and fasting. We embrace the difficulty, trusting in our Father's reward in the future.

Hungry for Our Reward

The level of your obedience to Jesus' teaching is the level to which you believe His promises concerning rewards. “Trust and obey” always go together. If we trust His promises, we will be able to obey in secret. If we don’t believe, then we’ll go around begging for others to notice us.

An Audience of One

Loving our enemies is one of the most God-like things we can do.

Love. Pray. Live.

"Turning the other cheek" and "going the second mile" are great ideas. But Jesus doesn't actually expect us to do them in real life... does He?

The Other Cheek and the Second Mile

Why don't disciples of Jesus swear oaths? Because we don't need to.

And Nothing but the Truth

What does Jesus think about divorce, and why?

Until Death Do Us Part

We must pay very careful attention to what Jesus is saying in this passage. He is not simply saying that lust is as bad as adultery. What he says is more subtle, and more devastating, than that. 

It Starts in Your Heart

Disciples of Jesus take anger—and the importance of reconciliation—dead seriously.

Anger and Murder

“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” (Matthew 5:17). Why would Jesus say this, and what does it mean?

Jesus and the Law

Jesus' disciples are blessed. But why? What are they supposed to do, here and now?

Salt and Light

Which would you rather have: the world's approval now, or God's approval forever? Because you can't have both.

The Good Life, Part 3

Christ's disciples are meek, merciful and makers of peace, and they've been promised an incredible future. This is the good life.

The Good Life, Part 2

Exploring the upside-down promises of the Kingdom of God.

The Good Life, Part 1

What do we mean when we say "the kingdom of God"? What is this kingdom, and who is it for?

The Gospel of the Kingdom

Sermons from Emmanuel Baptist Church in Nipawin, Saskatchewan.

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Emmanuel Baptist Church of Nipawin

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