Day 1:  Matthew 6:7-21  (Sermon Focus)
Day 2:  Matthew 6:25-34  Do not be anxious
Day 3:  Matthew 11:20-30  Trust in Jesus not material wealth
Day 4:  Matthew 13:1-23  Treasure from God bears much fruit
Day 5:  Matthew 13:44-45  Treasure in field & Parable of Pearl​

Day 6:  Reflect…
What is the treasure which Matthew teaches us about?
What are the worries Jesus tells us to be free from?  How does seeking God’s kingdom alleviate these worries?
The parables point to God’s abundance.  Where have you seen God’s abundance in your life?
What would you leave behind in order to seek the treasure of knowing God

Day 1:  Matthew 5:1-20  (Sermon Focus)
Day 2:  Matthew 5:21-48  Renewal of the 10 Commandments
Day 3:  Matthew 6:1-6  Giving in secret
Day 4:  Matthew 21:11-13  Cleansing of the Temple
Day 5:  Matthew 23:1-39  Woe to Pharisees, etc.
Day 6:  Reflect…
Who are the people who earn favor in God’s kingdom?
How does Jesus reshape our understanding of the old law?
Why does Jesus “cleanse” the Temple?  If the moneychangers had listened to the Sermon on the Mount, how might their practices have changed?
What accusations does Jesus hurl at the religious leaders?  If they had listened to the Sermon on the Mount, what might they have done differently?

January 15-21:  Temptation of Christ
Day 1:  Matthew 4:1-17  (Sermon Focus)
Day 2:  Matthew 4:18-25 & 8:1-17  Call of the Disciples
                    & Healing Miracles
Day 3:  Matthew 8:18-9:8  Calming of the Storm
Day 4:  Matthew 9:9-38  Power to forgive & raise from dead
Day 5:  Matthew 10:1-42  Sent into mission​

Day 6:  Reflect…
What were the things Satan tempted Jesus with?  (food, protection, authority)
As you read the passages that follow 4:17, notice how Jesus provided those things for others without Satan’s help.

What powers do you see Jesus display?  

Who benefits from Jesus’ power & authority

Day 1:  Matthew 3:1-17  (Sermon Focus)
Day 2:  Matthew 11:1-19
Day 3:  Matthew 14:1-12
Day 4:  Matthew 16:13-20 & 17:11-13
Day 5:  Reflect…
What is the importance of John the Baptist to Jesus’ story?  
What is his main message to the crowds?  How does he help to prepare his congregation and all of us to hear and understand Jesus’s message?
How does our understanding of John change throughout the Gospel?
What trouble is foreshadowed for this prophet?  How do John’s troubles foreshadow Jesus’s arrest and crucifixion?
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Day 1:  Matthew 1:1-17  (Sermon Focus)
Day 2:  Matthew 1:18-25
Day 3:  Matthew 2:1-12
Day 4:  Matthew 2:13-23
Day 5:  Reflect…
What is the importance of Jesus’s genealogy to the Gospel?  How does it prepare us to hear and understand Jesus’s story?How do you see Jesus portrayed as a king?
What trouble is foreshadowed for this king?
​What kind of king will Jesus be?  Does Matthew’s telling of this story help you understand Jesus will be a different king than King Herod or the other kings of the time?