Matthew 19:16-22

""Why ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied [to the man who asked what good deed must be done to have eternal life]. "There is only One who is..."

"Jesus told [the young man who said he had kept the commands of the law], "If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the..."

"Someone came to Jesus with this question: "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?""

"If the young man in the gospel used this title in speaking to our Lord, how much more fitly may I thus address him! He is indeed my Master in both..."

Why do we not fight harder to stick with God's ideal? Paul reminds us of God's plan for marriage, without divorce; so let's fight to keep it.

How are you doing at this important dimension of love? Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to love ourself, properly care for ourselves and honor God by caring for his temple, if we are going to properly love others.

How good do you have to be to get into heaven? As long as we can find someone worse than us, we think we are good enough to get into heaven. That kind of thinking misses the point.

What are you going to do with those irritating people? Some people are just irritating, so how are we going to treat them? Like God has treated us!