Text: Matthew 6:1-18

Everybody has an outside and an inside; a public exterior and a private interior.  On the outside are all the things that other people can see and hear: the actions you perform and the words you say.  On the inside is that collection of thoughts, feelings, motives, and attitudes that we call ‘the heart’.  Yes: each person has an outward appearance, and an inner reality.  But to what extent is that outer self that we present to others a true representation what we really are, deep inside? …