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Matthew 6:14-15 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. C.S. Lewis said that forgiveness is a beautiful idea, until you...
Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Every person is tempted, and each temptation comes from one of three sources: The World: We live in Satan’s realm. He has created a culture that is in opposition to God (Think: murder,...
Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. There are two important truths in today’s passage: We need to ask forgiveness for our sins and we need to forgive others when they sin against us. The first is easier than the second. As a...
Matthew 6:11 Give us today our daily bread. Today’s passage is a personal request. It is an appeal for a particular day’s portion of food. There are three words that help us understand this petition. Necessity. When Jesus instructs us to pray for bread He is using a...
Matthew 6:10b …Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. You are God and I am not. Your will be done. You know the beginning from the end. Your will be done. I can rationalize just about anything. Your will be done. I have great dreams. Your will be done....
Matthew 6:10a …Your kingdom come…. I know that I am a child of God because of Jesus and I know that I can call God my Father. Through Christ, God has established His spiritual kingdom in my heart — I am a new creation! God has prepared an eternal kingdom, called...