“And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”  With these words, Jesus inseparably connects our relationship with the Lord and our relationships with our brothers and sisters in Christ.  When we pray, we should not only be mindful of what the Lord has done for us (forgiven us; paid the whole […]

Give us today our daily bread.  With those words, Jesus focuses our first request to the Lord on our most basic daily needs.  This request for ‘daily bread’ (made on a daily basis) helps us grow in dependence on Him. This dependence on the Lord for daily needs is a small part of what the […]

Who we pray to has the power to shape what we pray for.  Jesus taught us to pray “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”  With this petition, we declare that God’s rule is the most important aspect of life. To pray, “your kingdom come” is essentially a […]

Jesus teaches us that before we get to the ‘what’ of prayer, we need to be concerned with the ‘Who’ of prayer.  “Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name” gets us focused on ‘Who’ we are praying to before we get to ‘what’ we’re praying for. First, the God to whom we pray is […]

Jesus teaches us that before we get to the ‘what’ of prayer, we need to be concerned with the ‘Who’ of prayer.  “Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name” gets us focused on ‘Who’ we are praying to before we get to ‘what’ we’re praying for. First, the God to whom we pray is […]

Prayer is one of God’s greatest gifts to His people and one of the greatest privileges we have. In this series we sit at the feet of Jesus as he teaches us how to pray. In this message, we first learn what prayer is not: it’s neither a performance or simply a procedure.  Prayer is […]

Prayer is one of God’s greatest gifts to His people and one of the greatest privileges we have. In this series we sit at the feet of Jesus as he teaches us how to pray. In this message, we first learn what prayer is not: it’s neither a performance or simply a procedure.  Prayer is […]

In this final message of the series, we learn that true love brings joy.  Though Jesus would experience a painful trial and death, he promised his disciples that they would experience profound joy; that joy came because of his resurrection!  The would experience joy in seeing him again, knowing that he truly was the Lord […]

In this final message of the series, we learn that true love brings joy.  Though Jesus would experience a painful trial and death, he promised his disciples that they would experience profound joy; that joy came because of his resurrection!  The would experience joy in seeing him again, knowing that he truly was the Lord […]

In this message we learn that true love is a love that provides.  Jesus’ provision for his disciples comes through the work of the Holy Spirit, “another Advocate” sent to carry on His work.  In John 14.15-31 Jesus reveals that our provision includes the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (God lives in side us!), the […]