Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up with the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 NABRE Paul addresses relationships in the family, speaking about how spouses should love one another and then how the patriarch of the family is responsible for the up…
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As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; in Jerusalem you shall find your comfort. Isaiah 66:13 NABRE The prophet Isaiah is closing out his chapter and speaking about the relationship between Israel and God. An analogy is used…
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If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him. Matthew 7:11 NABRE Jesus is teaching about the kind of Father we have in heaven. In order to help those…
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Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Matthew 6:8 NABRE Jesus teaches about prayer, an act of deepening our relationship with God. First Jesus warms His disciples off certain prayer practices common at the time and we still see today. Don’t pray…
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Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. Matthew 11:26 NABRE Jesus has a prayer that He speaks to God, it is a prayer of praise. As He often does Jesus refers to God as Father, in His own language the word may be Abba, an intimate and familiar word…
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