Without a doubt, there is one Psalm of David that believers run to over and again in times of trepidation, uncertainty, and anxiety. It is Psalm 27. In the first…
This Sunday we will complete our look at the episode recorded by Luke in chapter 11, and verses 29-32 of his Gospel. In this passage, our Lord tells a large…
I suspect that along our way we’ve all encountered an unbeliever who said something approximating this: ‘I will believe in God, and in Christianity, if He will prove Himself to…
In our Savior’s prayer recorded in Luke 11:2-4, we find the five petitions that disciples of Jesus are to lift to the Father. The fifth one is perhaps the most…
In that blessed prayer our Savior taught us to pray, one of the requests seems to be conditional. In Matthew’s version of the Lord’s Prayer the condition is more explicit…
The fourth petition in the Lord’s Prayer, as recorded by Luke, is that our Father might “forgive us our sins” (Luke 11:4). This request is actually composed of two parts.…
This Sunday we will be continuing our messages on ‘Learning to Pray With Jesus’ from Luke 11:1-4. So far, we’ve discovered that our prayers are to be lifted to our…
Let’s do a quick thought experiment. How many different human ‘kingdoms’ can you name? As you consider your answer, you first need to determine what a ‘kingdom’ is. Then you…
Over the last few weeks we’ve been watching and listening as Jesus teaches us how to pray. Our focal Scripture passage for our Sunday messages has been Luke 11:1-4 where…
According to our Lord Jesus, those of us who are His disciples must always begin our prayers this way: “When you pray, say; Father” (Luke 11:2). That is, the very…