I've been beavering away through recent months and am currently drafting Matthew 13. Readers have appreciated my version of Matthew 9:35-38: <35>Jesus went throughout all the towns and villages in that area, teaching in their synagogues, declaring that the good news that God’s reign had now come in him. He also healed all kinds of diseases and disabilities that people were suffering from. <36>As a result, crowds of people flocked to him. When he looked at them, he had deep compassion on them. His heart went out to them and he felt intense sympathy for them because he saw their desperate need. They were stressed out and struggling to cope with life, wandering round with no one to look after them or lead them, like sheep without a shepherd. <37>Then he told his apprentices, ‘I see a bumper harvest that is ready to be gathered in, but at the moment there are only a few workers. Many more workers are needed. <38>So co-operate with the Lord who owns the harvest. Pray urgently to him that he will thrust more workers into his harvest field – workers who will roll up their sleeves and gather in the crop.’ Readers have also appreciated my version of Matthew 11:28-30: <28>‘Come to me, all of you who are worn out, overwhelmed and weighed down by the stresses and strains of life. I will relieve you of these heavy burdens. <29>Submit to me; live your life harnessed to me. Follow me and become my apprentices. Let me teach you and train you because I am sensitive and humble in heart and you will find spiritual strength and refreshment <30>because following me is pleasant and a joy, not a chore or heavy burden.’ To listen to a message I preached on Matthew 11:28-30 at the church I'm a member of, go to:
Sunday Morning (08-04-2018): Jesus is....Part 5
Given  by Martin Manser...
southcourtbaptistchurch.podbean.com

  1. This is so inspiring for me...