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Pastor Mark Hogan teaches on the first petition of the Lord's Prayer, "hallowed be your name," from Matthew 6:9, explaining that to hallow means to treat as holy and that God's name represents His being, character, and glory. He clarifies that since God's name is already intrinsically holy, this petition is not adding to His perfection but asking that He enable His name to be universally recognized and reverenced. The message stresses that God's glory must be the primary priority in all prayers, since this petition is for ourselves, the church, and the world, and that the driving motivation for living according to the Sermon on the Mount—mortifying anger, lustful thoughts, and sins—should be to glorify God. He connects this to the Great Commission and evangelism, where the gospel spreads so others will learn to fear and hallow God's name, and to corporate worship, where His praise is declared. The sermon also points to the eschaton, the final day when every knee will bow and God's name will be perfectly hallowed in the new creation. Practical application includes examining our motives in prayer, asking whether we seek healing, forgiveness, or the salvation of children for our own comfort or for God's glory. He concludes that the desire to honor God is proof of the Spirit's work within us, and that this petition is a genuine request for God's action, not just a pious wish.

In 11:32, the writer begins a new list of heroes of the faith. However, many on this list are what we might call a "motley crew". That is, their lives are filled with just as many spiritual failures as successes. The writer begins his dubious list by naming Gideon. This natural-born coward was not capable of delivering God's people in of himself. Yet calls him a "might man of valor". What this demonstrates is that it is God alone who enables us for our call, and so we can take zero credit for what he accomplishes in us. However, just because God calls and uses us, it doesn't mean we are impervious to failure. After Gideon's military success, he became prideful, lustful, and self-aggrandizing, eventually leading to Israel's bondage once again. His cautionary tale reminds us that instead of looking to ourselves, we must look to Jesus Christ, who alone keeps us. Only then will we find comfort in the knowledge that God is faithful even when His people are defective.

The sermon emphasizes personal accountability and the necessity of repentance, asserting that individuals are responsible for their own sins rather than inheriting the guilt of their ancestors. Drawing primarily from Ezekiel 18, the message clarifies that while God judges each person according to their own actions, His grace offers hope through forgiveness and a new heart in Jesus Christ. The preacher encourages believers to actively resist worldly lust and temptation by walking in the Spirit, as outlined in passages like Galatians 5 and Titus 2. It stresses that maintaining a close fellowship with God is essential for spiritual growth and overcoming the struggles of the flesh. Ultimately, the message calls listeners to turn away from sin immediately and rely on God's mercy to restore their relationship with Him.

Why do women initiate roughly two-thirds of divorces? And how many marriages are ending (not because of adultery, violence, or some unavoidable crisis) but because someone no longer feels in love, feels unhappy, feels unfulfilled, or believes the relationship is no longer meeting his or her emotional needs? Our culture constantly tells us: "Follow your heart." "Trust your feelings." "Do what makes you happy." But the Bible says: "He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool." — Proverbs 28:26 That raises some uncomfortable questions. Are your feelings always telling you the truth? If you genuinely feel something, does that make the feeling right? Should feelings determine whether you stay married? And perhaps most importantly: Can you change the way you feel? In this message I examine research concerning women and divorce, the modern shift toward divorcing over dissatisfaction and "growing apart," and what Scripture teaches about the proper place of emotions in our lives. The answer is not that feelings don't matter. They matter enormously. But that is precisely why they must be governed rather than blindly followed. DISCERN your feelings. Test them by Scripture and sound reason. REJECT wrong feelings. A feeling can be completely genuine - and still be wrong. CHANGE your feelings. You may not be able to immediately command yourself instantly to feel differently, but you can govern what you think about and what you do. Right thoughts and right actions can cultivate different affections. And this applies to men as well as women.

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The Canons of Dort Head 5: The Perseverance of the Saints ARTICLE 4 Man in the weakness of his flesh must be watchful and prayerful that he will not reject the influence that God exerts in his life, and thereby fall into great sin. Although the saints backslide, they are not ultimately lost (cf. David and Peter). Although the weakness of the flesh cannot prevail against the power of God, who confirms and preserves true believers in a state of grace, yet converts are not always so influenced and actuated by the Spirit of God as not in some particular instances sinfully to deviate from the guidance of divine grace, so as to be seduced by and to comply with the lusts of the flesh; they must, therefore, be constant in watching and prayer, that they may not be led into temptation. When these are neglected, they are not only liable to be drawn into great and heinous sins by the flesh, the world, and Satan, but sometimes by the righteous permission of God actually are drawn into these evils. This, the lamentable fall of David, Peter, and other saints described in Holy Scripture, demonstrates.

2 Samuel 11