Main point: prayer is not first and foremost a way for us to bring OUR desires up before God – but rather a way through which God brings HISdesires to pass THROUGH us.

Things we need FOR God (vv. 9-10)

"On earth as it is in heaven"

"Hallowed be your name"

"Your kingdom come, your will be done"

Things we need FROM God (vv. 11-15)

"Daily bread"

"Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors"

"Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil"

"We can hear heaven's 'YES' to our prayers, because Jesus heard heaven's 'NO' to his prayer in Gethsemane..."

I. What is the Instagram Righteousness Syndrome?

Doing the things God loves for reasons God hates

Using righteous acts to get glory for ourselves, rather than to give glory to God

II. What is the Cure for Instagram Righteousness?

Realize the reason we are all drawn to self-glorification (we know we are not OK)

Receive the transforming work of Jesus, which makes us perfect, acceptable, and loved

III. What does Healing from Instagram Righteousness Look Like?

Living a life only the Father might see

Seeking rewards only the Father can give

I. What is the Instagram Righteousness Syndrome?

Doing the things God loves for reasons God hates

Using righteous acts to get glory for ourselves, rather than to give glory to God

II. What is the Cure for Instagram Righteousness?

Realize the reason we are all drawn to self-glorification (we know we are not OK)

Receive the transforming work of Jesus, which makes us perfect, acceptable, and loved

III. What does Healing from Instagram Righteousness Look Like?

Living a life only the Father might see

Seeking rewards only the Father can give

How should we respond when we suffer wrongdoing? Jesus, in Matthew 5:38-48, alludes to three different steps:

Think back on the grace of thepast (vv. 38-42).

Love in thepresent (vv. 43-45).

Look forward to the day on which God will settle the score in thefuture (vv. 45-48).

How should we respond when we suffer wrongdoing? Jesus, in Matthew 5:38-48, alludes to three different steps:

Think back on the grace of thepast (vv. 38-42).

Love in thepresent (vv. 43-45).

Look forward to the day on which God will settle the score in thefuture (vv. 45-48).

The “Old” Teaching (v. 33)The “New” Teaching (v. 34-37)

The “Old” Teaching (v. 33)The “New” Teaching (v. 34-37)

Main Takeaways:

Marriage is a mystic, lasting union between a man and a woman that tells something true about God's relationship with His people.

Don't live for the hope of marriage, but from the greater hope to which marriage points (the gospel).

(In addition to Matthew 5:31-32 and 19:1-12, the following passages will be consulted: Ephesians 5:31-32, Deuteronomy 24:1-4, 1 Corinthians 7:15).

Main Takeaways:

Marriage is a mystic, lasting union between a man and a woman that tells something true about God's relationship with His people.

Don't live for the hope of marriage, but from the greater hope to which marriage points (the gospel).

(In addition to Matthew 5:31-32 and 19:1-12, the following passages will be consulted: Ephesians 5:31-32, Deuteronomy 24:1-4, 1 Corinthians 7:15).

Why does Jesus make such a big deal about lust? Because lust distorts the heart of God for us!

As we lust, we use the people that God has created to bring us GAIN and GLORY

God's design is that we instead use OUR lives to bring HIM glory and OTHERS gain

How do we fight lust?

FEAST on the Gospel

STARVE Sin at the Source