Living Your Holiest Hot Mess Life

Matthew 7:12 is what is commonly referred to as the Golden Rule where Jesus encourages us to treat others as we want to be treated. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's find ways to live this out!

Matthew 7:7-11 remind us that when we put God first with all our might, we'll see that He's desiring to bless us as we live our holiest hot mess lives.

Matthew 7:1-6 makes it very clear that we're not to judge one another. We have plenty of our own stuff to focus on as we live our holiest hot mess lives that we don't need to do God's job for Him.

Matthew 6:24-34 are verses we can return to again and again for encouragement as we live our holiest hot mess lives in faith in God's provision..

Matthew 6:22-23 When we trust God's perspective, we're able to keep our eyes focused on good and not on the evil of this world. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's pay attention to what our eyes are seeing.

Matthew 6:19-21 helps us to understand the importance of how and where we invest what God blesses us with - as we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's invest in ways that glorify God.

Matthew 6:16-18 There are so many ways to fast but the most important thing Jesus wants us to take away from these words of wisdom is that our fast should not be to boast to others but to draw close to God as we live our holiest hot mess lives.

Matthew 6:14-15 Jesus teaches us of the importance of forgiveness and how very much we have been forgiven and how very much more we need to be forgiven as we live our holiest hot mess lives.

Matthew 6:5-13 Jesus continues to teach us how to pray in a way that is pleasing to God and not focused on what others think. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's pray heart to heart with God.

Matthew 6:1-4 Jesus continues to teach us how to do things God's way. As we live our holiest hot mess lives let's remember to look to please God and not people.

Matthew 5:48 might seem overwhelming but setting big goals for ourselves encourages us to make big efforts. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's continue to shoot for the highest level of growing in our character.

Matthew 5:43-47 is another hard Word for us! Love our enemies?!? But when we do, we're most like God! As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's do our best to look like our Heavenly Father.

Matthew 5:38-42 is a big ouch. We're supposed to give MORE when someone takes from us? We're not supposed to defend ourselves? As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's show Jesus's nature to others in order to help them know Him. Even if it hurts or is humiliating.

Matthew 5:33-37 is another challenging Word from Jesus. Let's work on being promise keepers as we live our holiest hot mess lives.

Matthew 5:31-32 shows us Jesus speaking out against divorce, but to be VERY clear, Jesus is not condemning those who have divorced. He's condemning bad behavior of husbands towards their wives. Yes, God hates divorce and, yes, marriage is a covenant with God to stay with that other person... but if you are divorced or know someone who is, take heart in today's podcast as we live our holiest hot me...

Matthew 5:27-30 Jesus talks about sex but He's also talking about so much more! Sex is a great example because it's so intimate but as we live our holiest hot mess lives, God requires us to be aware of those things that distract us from following Him.

Matthew 5:21-26 helps us look at our anger issues. Jesus is teaching on how important it is to have control of our anger and to remember to continue to love one another as we live our holiest hot lives.

Matthew 5:17-20 can be confusing. It seems like Jesus is telling us that we are under the law but in other places He has told us that He has fulfilled the law. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's remember that living a life pleasing to Jesus naturally falls in line with many of the laws but most importantly knowing He is our Lord and Savior helps us live from a place of love and not fear.

Matthew 5:14-16 when Jesus tells us to be light, he's encouraging us to encourage others. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's shine for Jesus in ways that make others want to know Him.

Matthew 5:13 when Jesus compares us to salt, there's so much wisdom we can apply to how we live our holiest hot mess lives. We can help enhance, heal, and preserve when we share the Good News and encourage others! Let's be the good kind of salty!

Matthew 5:12 is the end of the beatitudes and Jesus reminds us that our reward is in heaven with Him. As we live our holiest hot mess, we can hold onto our hope in the midst of suffering by remembering our reward will last for all eternity!

Matthew 5:11 is yet ANOTHER hard word for us because it's teaching us that following Jesus will sometimes be difficult yet in that difficulty, we're being blessed - we can be happy - as we live our holiest hot mess lives walking by faith following Jesus.

Matthew 5:10 is a hard word because none of us like to suffer. But Jesus encourages us to endure persecution as we live our holiest hot mess lives for Him because it means we're actually promoting His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 5:9 can also be confusing in that we who are in relationship with Christ Jesus are God's children, so why does it seem that we're working to earn that as peacemakers? Today's podcast explains what Jesus means and how we can live it out as we live our holiest hot mess lives.

Matthew 5:8 is often misunderstood because of the words "pure in heart." What does this mean and how can we live it out as we live our holiest hot mess lives? Today's podcast explains just that!