January 16, 2024
Where will you be in five years – what age? When I write my age down it is a tad sobering. And even more sobering is the question Andy Stanley poses: “Is where you are going where you want to […]
January 11, 2024
I was renovating houses when I turned forty-five. I sat myself down and asked the question, “Do I want to be doing this when I am sixty-five? Do I want to be chasing sheet rockers and tile men and listening […]
March 15, 2023
When we pray for God’s will to be done, do we have any idea what we are asking? Do you actually want to give up your free will, or do you still prefer your will, your way? Perhaps you’d like […]
March 7, 2023
“Your Kingdom come, your will be done …” —Matt. 6:10 I hope these observations about the Lord’s Prayer – Our Prayer – are resonating with you, so that this wonderfully deep prayer Jesus gave us is becoming personal, and […]
March 1, 2023
As we pray, “Your kingdom come,” we should always add, quickly, “My kingdom go.” If you will add this practice when you recite the Lord’s Prayer, it will start to transform it from routinely rote to a deeply personal […]
February 23, 2023
Because you are his sons and daughters, God sent the Spirit into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” —Gal. 4:6 Last week we looked at the reverence and respect aspect of “Hallowed be your name.” He […]
February 15, 2023
“Hallowed be your name” —Matt. 6:9 Jesus begins The Lord’s Prayer, actually Our Prayer, with, “Our Father in the heavens, hallowed be your name.” I must admit I used to blow right past this “hallowed be your name,” and on […]
February 8, 2023
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not […]
February 2, 2023
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not […]
January 25, 2023
“‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not […]
January 19, 2023
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test? —2 Cor. 13:5 Based on the above passage, as well as other scripture with […]
January 12, 2023
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. —Psalm 139:23-24 I contemplate this passage often, and often think to myself, “What kind of idiot […]