Matthew 6:5-13 - God is not honored as God when we pretend to be self-sufficient, he is honored when we are God-dependant.

Matthew 6:5-13 - The first half of the Lord's Prayer is all God-centered, "Hallowed by thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

Matthew 6:5-13 - Perhaps the best way to begin praying is to stop praying for a moment, and to consider the God to whom we pray. He is our Father, and he is in Heaven. These two truths change how we approach prayer.

Psalm 145 - Psalm 145 is not an introduction to worship, it is a Master's level course in how to lose yourself in the admiration of our Great God and King.

Psalm 131 - What would it take for you to be content? Psalm 131 is a textbook on contentment, and teaches us how to be content when our circumstances are less than satisfying.

Psalm 127 - Psalm 127 topples several of our common idols in one fell swoop, by singling out three areas of life in which we must deliberatly submit to the Lord: Our Worship, Our Work, and Our Family.

Psalm 119:97-104 - Psalm 119 is an extended, exquisite, exemplary, extraordinary ode to the beauth and worth of the word of God! Verse 97 - "Oh how I love your law!" This is the attitude I pray we all learn through our meditation on the scriptures.

Psalm 114 - Psalm 114 is an exuberant, celebratory, trash-talking Psalm exulting in the Glory and the Goodness of our heroic God!

Psalm 107 - Psalm 107 gives us four vivid pictures of redemption, meant to spur our hearts towards thankfulness for the steadfast love of God.

Matthew 3:13-17 and 16:13-18