Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 42, Feb 11)

Passage
Matthew Chapter Eleven

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

• Matthew 11
  • • Mt 11:1-6 John the Baptist’s questions
      • ⁴ Jesus replied to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see: ⁵ the blind see, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed,^[a] the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news. ⁶ And if anyone is not offended because of Me, he is blessed.”
    • Mt 11:7-15  Who was John the Baptist?
      • Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You;^[b]
        he will prepare Your way before You.
      • ¹⁵ Anyone who has ears^[f] should listen!
    • Mt 11:16-19 What’s Up?
      • ¹⁸ For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ ¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated^[h] by her deeds.”^[i]
    • Mt 11:20- 24 Towns that didn’t believe
      • ²¹ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago!
      • ²⁴ But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
    • Mt 11:25-27 Who knows the Father? Who knows the Son?
    • ²⁷ All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows^[l] the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son desires^[m] to reveal Him
    • Mt 11:28-30

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      ²⁸ “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. ³⁰ For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

  Mindful Meditating

1. choose a verse,
2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
3.  example: Matt 11:28
4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

• ²⁸ “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 
• COME to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• Come TO Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• Come to ME, all of you who are weary and burdened , and I will give you rest

…and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

A Matthew Coloring Page by Ministry to Children  – though it can be good for adult meditating.

Come to Me on Pinterest

 Come Unto me coloring page by Flanders Family Homelife

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

1. Why do you think John asked about Jesus when he knew him in the womb, and knew him at baptism?
   1. your answer
2. Why do you think that it would be better for Old Testament cities than those that didn’t believe Jesus?
   1. Your Answer
3. How do you come to Jesus when you are weak and heaven laden?
   1. Your Answer

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

• Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
• Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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• Naomi’s Heart Ministries
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