1. DOING part 3

2. Matthew 6:1 (MSG)
1 "Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don't make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won't be applauding.

3. Matthew 6:2a (MSG)
2 "When you do something for someone else, don't call attention to yourself. You've seen them in action, I'm sure—'playactors' I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage,

4. Matthew 6:2b (MSG)
acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that's all they get.

5. 3 When you help someone out, don't think about how it looks.
Matthew 6:3 (MSG)
3 When you help someone out, don't think about how it looks.

6. Matthew 6:4 (MSG)
4 Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.

7. 1. They develop a private relationship with God.

8. Matthew 6:11 (NIV)
1 "Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

9. 2. Giving.

10. Matthew 6:3-4 (NIV)
3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

11. 3. Praying.

12. Matthew 6:6 (NIV)
6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

13. Matthew 6:9 (NIV)
9 "This, then, is how you should pray: "'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

14. 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:10 (NIV)
10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

15. 11 Give us today our daily bread.
Matthew 6:11 (NIV)
11 Give us today our daily bread.

16. Matthew 6:12-13 (NIV)
12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'

17. 4. Receiving and extending forgiveness.

18. Matthew 6:14 (NIV)
14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

19. Matthew 6:15 (NIV)
15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

20. Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)
32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

21. 5. Fasting.

22. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
Matthew 6:17 (NIV)
17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

23. Matthew 6:18 (NIV)
18 so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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DOING part 4