Teaching Missions: Growing in God’s Grace

Pray for persecuted believers

God commands us to remember and respond to those believers undergoing persecution

Matthew 28:1-20 He is risen indeed

The resurrection of Jesus according to Matthew with great commission

Matthew 16:21-28 Lose your life for Christ

We must deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him

Matthew 16:13-20 Thou art the Christ

Peter identifies Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God. We must deny ourselves and follow Him

Matthew 16:1-12 Leaven of Pharisees and Sadducees

Jesus warned the disciples to avoid the false teachings of the Pharisees (hypocrisy) and Sadducees (unbelief)

Matthew 15:21-28 Canaanite daughter healed from demons

Jesus healed the daughter of a Canaanite woman after she no longer prayed to him as the Son of David but as Lord and showed great faith

Matthew 15:10-20 Dirty hands or dirty heart?

Jesus said that a man is not defiled by what he eats but by what he says when his heart is unclean

Matthew 15:1-9 Man's traditions or God's commandments?

The Pharisees complained that Jesus' disciples did not hold the ceremonial law of washing hands, but Jesus poiinted out that the Pharisees actually changed Gpd's laws by their traditions.

Matthew 14:1-12 John the Baptist was beheaded

Matthew 14:22-33 Jesus walks on water

Jesus walks on the sea of Galilea to the boat struggling in the storm. Peter walks briefly and begins to sink when he doubts.