His Story: A journey through the greatest story of all time
The Bible isn’t just an old book—it’s God’s story, and it’s still alive today. His Story takes you chapter by chapter through Scripture, combining simple readings of God’s Word with prayer for every listener and occasional reflections on what the passage means for our lives right now.
Whether you’re brand new to the Bible or have been reading it for years, this podcast is a space to slow down, hear God’s Word spoken, and be reminded that His story is also our story.
His Story: A journey through the greatest story of all time
Praying, Giving, and Fasting For An Audience of One
What if the most powerful faith is the faith no one sees? We walk through Matthew 6 and discover how Jesus redirects our spiritual life from the spotlight to the secret place, where giving, prayer, and fasting become intimate acts of love rather than public performances. Calling God Father isn’t a throwaway line; it’s a radical invitation to relationship that reshapes our motives, our speech, and our daily choices.
We unpack the Lord’s Prayer as a living framework instead of a rigid script—relationship, reverence, surrender, dependence, confession, and protection—each petition present tense, each one drawing our hearts into ongoing conversation with God. From there, we face hard questions about treasure and vision: where we store value, how we see reality, and which master we truly serve. You’ll hear how a healthy eye fills life with light, why we can’t split loyalty between God and money, and how generosity becomes joy when applause no longer sits on the throne.
Anxiety gets honest treatment too. Jesus points to birds and lilies as everyday billboards of the Father’s care, reminding us that worry cannot add an hour to life, but trust can restore focus. Seek first the kingdom and watch priorities reorder: less spiraling, more steady steps; fewer what-ifs, more prayerful yeses. Along the way, we share practical ways to practice hidden disciplines and cultivate a quiet strength that endures when life gets loud. If you’re hungry for a faith that is deep, simple, and free from performance, you’ll find clarity and courage here.
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The Bible isn’t just an old book—it’s God’s story, and it’s still alive today. His Story takes you chapter by chapter through Scripture, combining simple readings of God’s Word with prayer for every listener and occasional reflections on what the passage means for our lives right now.
Whether you’re brand new to the Bible or have been reading it for years, this podcast is a space to slow down, hear God’s Word spoken, and be reminded that His story is also our story.
Welcome back to His Story, a journey through the greatest story of all time. Today we continue in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, where he teaches us how to pray and live before a Father in Matthew 6. In Matthew 6, Jesus moves from external religion to the inner life of the heart. It's a chapter about secret discipleship, giving, praying, and fasting for God's eyes alone. The Lord's Prayer is less a formula and more a framework for intimacy. And that calling God our Father, that was revolutionary, inviting ordinary people into personal relationship with the Almighty God. In Greek, the word Father carries both tenderness and authority, echoing the Aramaic word Abba. In this chapter, Jesus lets us send to the heart of God, to the heart of the law, and what it really means to be a follower of Jesus. Let's get started. Heavenly Father, thank you so much for this day that you've given us. Thank you for our Bibles that we can read about you, that we can read the very words of Jesus as he walked on this earth, as he taught his followers. May we take this message to heart, the middle portion of the Sermon on the Mount. May it plant deeply in our hearts, be rooted and established, and bear much fruit in the way that we live our lives. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret, and your father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into the room and shut the door, and pray to your father who is in secret, and your father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others, but by your father who is in secret. And your father who sees in secret will reward you. Do not lay up for yourself treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourself treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness? No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air. They neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not more valued than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they neither toil nor spend. Yet I tell you, even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you? O you of little faith, therefore do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or what shall we wear? For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. The Word of God. From the secret place. Jesus warns about practicing righteousness for show, generosity, prayer, fasting. They're not performances. They're quiet. Intimate acts done for the Father, who sees in secret. The Lord's Prayer itself is like a map for the soul. It starts with our Father, which speaks of relationship. It continues, hallowed be your name, which points to reverence. Your kingdom come. That's our surrender. Give us today our daily bread. That's our dependence. Forgive us. That's our confession. Lead us not into temptation. That's our protection. In the Greek, each petition is a present tense. Meaning it's a it's an ongoing conversation with God. It's not a one-time transaction. And then Jesus moves to treasures and worries. And don't we think about these all the time? The stuff that we have and the things that we're anxious about. He says, where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Worry fades when worship deepens. When we focus on God, we we spend a lot less time focusing on what we don't know and what we can't control. I love how this chapter ends with the imitation. Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. Anxiety is not cured by ignorance, but by trust, by knowing that God's in control, and that even if we don't know how something is going to shake out, we don't have to. Because God knows. And he already knows what we need. He just wants us to know him. God, thank you so much for these words, for this sermon, for this reminder that we don't have to take the reins, we don't have to be in control, we don't have to know it all. We just have to trust you. God, help us to trust you and to know that you care deeply about us more than we even care about ourselves. And that we would just simply obey. Help us to get good at fasting and giving and praying and the other disciplines that draw us close to you. Help us to understand the impact that that has on our lives. And most importantly, God, may we know you deeper, may we know you better, and may it change the way we live. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. In our next episode, we'll enter Exodus 32 and watch Moses intercede for rebellious people after the golden calf. Until next time, remember, Jesus wrote the greatest story ever told, and that includes loving you and me completely. See you next time.
