We live our lives trying to come to terms with the verdicts of other people and the verdicts of our own hearts. What does it mean for us to leave this behind and live under the verdict of God?
As our church is on the cusp of exciting growth, we stop to remember what God has done and add our "amen" to his grace: while we look forward to a future of continued internal, eternal, multiplication, and bridging growth.
The final line of the Lord's Prayer prepares us to move our prayers into our lives, by teaching us the place (his kingdom), the motivation (his power), and the goal (his glory) of our lives as God's children.
"Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors" is maybe the most difficult thing Jesus teaches us to pray in the Lord's Prayer. What kind of power does forgiveness have?
Jesus does not teach us to pray for extravagant wealth, but for "our daily bread." What's the difference? And how can learning to pray this change our perspective on our ordinary lives?
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