found in every word, which constantly goes forth from
God’s mouth.”
There’s more than one message in this Bible verse.
Perhaps some customers will look at that bread that
comes from Philadelphia each week and assume it’s a
humorous picture of all that delicious meat and toppings
you need to go with that bread. But those who know
Matthew and his wonderful family know there’s more to
it. Nothing will be enough—not food, not possessions,
not even a person—to satisfy the need of the heart for
relationship with God.
Some may look at Matthew’s childhood and blame
his father’s moonshining ways for the bad decisions
of his son’s younger life. But not Matthew. He owns
his choices outright. When he looks back to point
at something, it’s to the prayers of his mama, aunt,
and grandmother. Four times he’s faced near death
experiences. One of those times, he said, “I hit a deer
on a Harley motorcycle. I had a helmet on that day that
I’d never worn before, and it saved me. I thought I was
lucky, but luck had nothing to do with it. Half my face
burnt off in the accident, and today you can’t even tell
it. Yeah, my daddy was drinking liquor all the time, but
those women who loved me were praying for me, too.”
The prayers of agreement with Jesus’ words for
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