Maranatha Grace Church

Brothers and Sisters, 

Please read Luke 23 - John 1. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

²⁵ He said to them, “Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” (Luke 20)

The problem is that Caesar wants it all. He wants all of our time, he wants all of our energy, he keeps us busy chasing after the wind, the riches of this world. People don't have time to relax, to be with family and friends, they don't even have time to go to church nor to read the Bible; Caesar wants it all, even the part which belongs to God. 

We must always remember what Jesus said, "Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s." Are you taking from God to enrich Caesar? Caesar's stuff are temporal, God's blessings are eternal. 

Please read Luke 20 - 22. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

²⁷ Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” (Luke 18)

Please read Luke 17 - 19. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

⁸ “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? ⁹ And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ ¹⁰ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” (Luke 15)

Please read Luke 14 - 16. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

⁹ “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

¹¹ “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? ¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11)

The question  is: Have you asked? Have you asked your Father in heaven to give you the Holy Spirit? 

Please read Luke 11 - 13. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

⁴³ “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. ⁴⁴ Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. ⁴⁵ A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. (Luke 6)

Please read Luke 6 - 10. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

Please read Luke 3 - 5. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

⁵² And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. (Luke 2)

God's favor will put you at the right place at the right time to find favor with man. 

Please read Mark 16 - Luke 2. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

²² While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”

²³ Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

²⁴ “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them. ²⁵ “Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” (Mark 14)

Please read Mark 13 - 15. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

⁴¹ Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. ⁴² But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

⁴³ Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. ⁴⁴ They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” (Mark 12)

Please read Mark 9 - 12. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

³¹ He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. ³² He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

³³ But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” (Mark 8)

When it comes to serving God, the best human intention is not enough; every decision has to be centered on God, his glory, his plan of salvation for humanity. Do you have in mind the concerns of God, or merely human concerns? 

Please read Mark 5 - 8. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

⁴⁰ He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” (Mark 4)

Please read Mark 1 - 4. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

Please read Matthew 24 - 28. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. ¹⁶ They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. ¹⁷ Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?”

¹⁸ But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? ¹⁹ Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, ²⁰ and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

²¹ “Caesar’s,” they replied.

Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

²² When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away. (Matthew 22)

Please read Matthew 21 - 23. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!

Brothers and Sisters,

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

² He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. ³ And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵ And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. (Matthew 18)

Please read Matthew 18 - 20. And Listen.

May the Lord richly bless you!