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LW:The Christian life is not just an outwardly reformed life; primarily it is an inwardly cleansed life

@Livingwater Study2B...the Lord's five fold of laws of priorities (Scripture Portion: Matthew 6:25-34) 1 . In Matthew 5 :23 - 24 – - FIRST your Brother , then your Gift . Notice how clear God’’s order is. The Devil loves to sow seeds of discord in God’’s people, but here the Lord tells us of the way of victory –- not an easy way, but one that commands His immediate blessing. To worship Him, bring gifts to Him or enter into His service are all in vain if we fail to obey His requirement in Matthew 5:23-24. God’’s work is often paralysed, and His servants are frequently powerless, because of an unwillingness to seek and secure the reconciliation that is commanded and that will alone glorify Him and release His blessing. No Christian can be right with God if he is consciously wrong with his fellow-men. If the tides of God’’s blessing are dammed up in your life, is it because you need to “’first go and be reconciled…’…”? As you think of the matter at this moment, what is it that y

LW: How can we know what God wants us to put first? Here, as in every matter of faith and practice, the Word of God is our all-sufficient guide.

@Livingwater Study 2A SOME OF GOD’’S PRIORITIES DAYS OF HEAVEN UPON EARTH (Scripture Portion: Matthew 6:25-34) In this study we consider some things that God puts first in order of importance. There is a certain excitement about ‘‘first things’’. Our parents probably remembered the first time we walked or talked! Can you remember the first time you saw your need of the Lord Jesus as your personal Saviour? the first time you prayed in public? the first time you gave your testimony, led a soul to Christ? All these experiences come first in order of time; but here we are to think of things that should come first by virtue of our deliberate choice. Concerning these God says, ‘’ Seek first…’…’, for they are His priorities. A big lesson we have to learn is that of discrimination. Many things clamour for priority, and we need to know how to assess their value and not to give the first place to secondary things. For example, the soul is more important than the body (Mark 8:36); the thin