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all the world's indeed a stage......
all the world's indeed a stage......
“Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don’t make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won’t be applauding.
Matthew 6:1
Matthew 6:2b
Matthew 6:5
Matthew 6:6a
Matthew 6:2a
treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get.
“And when you come before God, don’t turn that into a theatrical production either. All these people making a regular show out of their prayers, hoping for stardom! Do you think God sits in a box seat?
“Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be tempted to role-play before God.
“When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them
your acts?
Matthew 6:3
Matthew 6:6b
your heart defines.......
When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively.
Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace.
prayer
giving
That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.
Matthew 6:4
The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They’re full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don’t fall for that nonsense. Matthew 6:7
- fasting
- pretender
- giving
- an actor, stage player
- prayer
ὑποκριτής (hypokritēs)
Jewish "acts of righteousness" of the 1st Century
Only Jesus uses this word in the NT.....
living the Kingdom life