Hi, this is Kevin Sorbo.

Welcome you to this episode of the Breathe Bible Audio Theater.

A dramatic one-year journey through the New Testament.

Watch out.

Don't do your good deeds publicly to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your father in heaven.

When you give to someone in need, don't do as the hypocrites do, blowing trumpets in the

synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity, I tell you the truth,

they have received all the reward they will ever get.

But when you give to someone in need, don't let your left hand know what your right hand

is doing.

Give your gifts in private and your father who sees everything will reward you.

When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them.

I tell you the truth.

That is all the reward they will ever get.

But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you and pray to your father in private.

Then your father, who sees everything, will reward you.

When you pray, don't babble on and on as the Gentiles do.

They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.

Don't be like them, for your father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him.

Pray like this, our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy, may your kingdom come

soon, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us today the food we need and forgive us our sins.

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