Thy Will Be Done. Matthew 6 Did you ever listen to a song and then have the tune stick with you all day, playing over and over again in your mind? Que Sera, Sera, the old Doris Day song, is one such melody that clings to me. Like gum on my shoe, sometimes I just can’t get rid of it. You’ve probably heard…

What a wonderful pattern of effective prayer Jesus gave His disciples. It’s an amazingly simple little prayer. "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. "Give us this day our daily bread.…

1 Chronicles 4:9-10 (NKJV)- 9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and…

In almost every marriage the area that needs the most attention is the area of communication – learning to connect with each other in a meaningful way. As time goes on couples find that they talk about schedules, menus, household issues and coordinating various responsibilities but they still grow apart…

There are many ways we can disobey Jesus’ words in Matthew 18. We can fail to deal with sin. After all, didn’t Jesus say, “Judge not, lest ye be judged yourself?” We can carry out these steps with too much enthusiasm, looking to cleanse the Church of sinners, pulling up those weeds that the Evil One…

I believe if you talk to most Christians about the area of their spiritual life where they struggle the most they would (if they are honest) tell you that they struggle with prayer. In the movie, “War Room” the question was, “Is your prayer life Hot or Cold?” The answer was “Lukewarm”. Most of us would…

Forgive us our trespasses Matthew 6 What does this mean? We pray in this petition that our Father in heaven would not look at our sins, or deny our prayer because of them. We are neither worthy of the things for which we pray, nor have deserved them, but we ask that He would give them all to us by grace,…

Breaking down "Lead us not into temptation" portion of The Lord's Prayer.

Hallowed by thy Name and thy Kingdom Come The first priority of prayer that Jesus puts on the lips of His disciples is the holiness of God’s Name. This word “hallow” is strange to our vocabulary. It is not something that we say in our every day conversations. We recognize it in the word “Halloween,”…

Jesus has taught us how to prayer and now takes us further into nature of prayer, into our motives and beliefs about prayer. Here Jesus encourages us to keep praying, to pray like you believe.

I sure am glad that each one of you is here for part four of our series exploring the life of Jesus Christ. We’ve already explored Christ’s baptism, His temptation in the wilderness, and the calling of His first disciples. This morning we are going to look at a specific section of the Sermon on the Mount.…

February 8, 2015 Intro – An old Scottish woman sang in the choir of a church where a young pastor tended to pray long with hard theological words that few could understand. One day, she tapped him on the shoulder and said, “A word of advice on your prayers, Pastor. Just call Him Father and ask Him for…

Join Pastor Josh Ness in a special service in which we honor students graduating high school & college. This week we continue our series on the Lord’s Prayer in a message entitled “Thy Kingdom Come”

Prayer is vital. Even Jesus needed prayer. Jesus’ earthly ministry was remarkably brief, barely three years long. Yet in those three years, as must have been true in His earlier life, a great amount of time was spent in prayer. The gospels report that Jesus habitually rose early in the morning, often…

Select all the text in this box and paste your sermon here... The Lord’s Prayer as a Paradigm of Christian Prayer (Originally published in Into God’s Presence: Prayer in the New Testament, ed. R.L. Longenecker. 2001, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 132-54. Reproduced by permission of the author.) N. T. WRIGHT…

Alastair talks on Week 2 of the 24-7 Prayer Course, Petition: Give Us This Day.

Forgiveness. Let us pray the prayer that Jesus taught: (I know that you all will tend to say the KJV but so we all say the same, let’s do it as on the screen [P] [Matthew 6:9-13 Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give…

God has us by His hand. He doesn't carry us somewhere, He leads us. As he does, our grip tightens, our trust deepens.

God is present in your life all the time, which is why all of life is spiritual

The Our Father is primarily a prayer for disciples. Every line is about disciples forgetting their own desires and plans for their lives and desiring only what God wills. In that sense it is a dangerous prayer for anyone who prays it.

Forgive us our trespasses Beloved in the Lord, when we look at the matter of prayer, and what is all involved in it, then the Catechism has also shown us the way to that, especially in question and answer 117, that is of Lord's Day 45. Then you see later on when it gives the explanation of the various…

February 15, 2015 Intro – If you have flown lately, you are familiar with this phrase – baggage fees apply. Southwest may be the only airline that gives you a bag free. Well, as we come to this part of Jesus’ model prayer He’s going to teach us that baggage fees apply in life as well. We are urged to…