Forgive Us Our Debts As We Forgive Our Debtors Even though this prayer is made so often that we seldom really think about the words, most of us are probably very sincere about the first half of this, “Forgive us our debts.” We want God to forgive our sins....
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread Matthew 6:26 “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?” God, our heavenly Father, is our provider. When we...
Thy Will Be Done, On Earth As It Is In Heaven We say this as a matter of course when we are reciting the Lord’s Prayer, but do we really mean it? This is the beginning of the part of the Lord’s Prayer that if most people really thought...
Thy Kingdom Come 2Timothy 4:8 “Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” Christ will establish a new kingdom here...
Hallowed Be Thy Name This phrase seems simple enough to understand and doesn’t appear to require any explanation. But let’s give one anyway. I think that it is safe to say that we all agree that the person of God Himself is holy. He is sacred and pure. He...
Which Art in Heaven Heaven – The home of God our Father. It is a realm beyond this world, outside of our three dimensional time and space. It is where the throne of God resides. Acts 7:48-49 “48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as...
Where do you look for God? Where can He be found? We have a tendency to go to God for big things and we expect great and wondrous things from him. We Ask God for physical healing, a job, a home, love, financial stability, and we look for dramatic...
The Bible is an ancient book. The first five books, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy were written by Moses some 3000 years ago and is known as the Pentateuch. The entire Bible contains 66 books and was written by about 40 authors. The King James Version was assembled...
Philippians 2:3 “Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” I recently finished a book titled Leadership and Self-Deception (getting out of the box) from The Arbinger Institute. It was published by Berrett Koehler. This is the...
What is the meaning of life? Why am I here? What is my purpose? What am I supposed to be doing? These are questions that we all ask ourselves at some point in our lives. Often it is late in high school or early in our college years. So...