As I finish going through Jesus' Example Prayer, I want to spend one more week on the final phrase. "And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." Having grown up going to church, Christian school for K-12th grade and Bible College, I know it can be easy to forget [...]
Jesus Example Prayer ends with a plea for help with temptation. I find it sad in our society today - sometimes even in churches, that we don't think we are wrong. When we read the Bible, we find out how wrong we are. God gave us the Bible to read and learn the truth about [...]
The last phrase if Jesus' Example Prayer talks about temptation. "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." Now we know from James 1:13-14 that God will never tempt us. I think Jesus is reminding us that we need to ask for help from our heavenly Father to make sure [...]
I know, my title is hideous grammar. To some extent, that is my point. Those of you who have been following my blog might have seen a pattern. Early this year, I went through Jesus' Example Prayer by writing about each phrase one time. Then I started going through Jesus' Example Prayer again, but writing [...]
When I first started writing about Jesus' Example Prayer, I was struck by Warren Weirsbe's observation of the plural pronouns in the prayer. Some concepts are easier to share than others. Forgiveness is a two way street. We often think in terms of one person doing wrong and the other being wronged. I think we [...]
Jesus’ Example Prayer continues with “and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.” I think we all know that we should forgive, but practically living that out is challenging. I remember reading Corrie ten Boom’s book, The Hiding Place when I was in high school. The story gripped me; I couldn’t [...]
As we study Jesus' Example Prayer, we might get stuck on "daily bread" as asking only for physical needs. Our first thought of needs tends to be those physical needs. However, I wonder if we should include spiritual needs in that prayer. Lydia Brownback in her book Joy: A Godly Woman's Adornment talks about prayers [...]
Jesus' Example Prayer continues with a simple request for our needs to be met. "Give us today our daily bread." Our study of God's kingdom and His will should direct our focus regarding our needs. What we perceive as needs in our lives might be wants. As we take time to pray in the way [...]
Jesus' example prayer reminds us of the order things should go in. It starts with a few reminders of Who should be first. "Your will be done" is one of those reminders. The only way we can put God first - to be willing to put our own will aside, is to pray and ask [...]
When I was in 7th grade, my English teacher told us that repetition was the key to learning. Then she proceeded to have us say that numerous times. I have learned the benefit of repetition to learning anything. God teaches us with repetition in His Word. In Jesus' Example Prayer, He starts with "Your kingdom [...]
