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                The other day in our bible study time, the kids and I came across a very familiar verse.   One that I have heard hundreds of times growing up, yet through discussion with my kids, gained a very new perspective. In chapter 7 of the book of Matthew, verses 7 & 8, Jesus is well into his famous Sermon on the Mount.   Some refer to it as God’s call to righteousness, but I like to tell my kids that it is God’s list of “Do’s and don’ts.”                           In this particular section we are told, “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for.   Keep on seeking and you will find.   Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.   For everyone who seeks, finds.   And everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.”   Matthew 7:7, 8.                 Now before I go any further, I must warn you, this verse is very likely to excite children when reading.   Why?   Because all they hear is the surface message; “keep asking and you will get….keep

(This article was taken from freedomyou.com, and written by Ron Lagerquist) "If you struggle with overeating, you will know that addiction is all about detachment and disconnection from your spiritual self and God." In an era of grocery stores and fast food, it's hard to make the connection between your eating and communion with God. But for most of human history, families would sow their seed while praying for rain and protection from pestilence. A household’s welfare was intimately married to seed and soil and wholly dependent on the God of sun and rain. Harvest was a time of celebration. The fruit of their labor would ensure a daily provision from hunger and starvation. To offer a meal to a hungry passerby was a gift of sacrifice. A loaf of bread was an investment of time from the planting of the seed to the harvesting, milling and baking in clay ovens. They understood very well when Jesus said, I am the Bread of Life. One of the great byproducts of changing f