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The apostle Paul writes from prison to a young church struggling to hold onto the truth. The heart of his message will be the supremacy of Jesus Christ. But here at the start, Paul wants them to learn how to pray. Pastor Glenn Packiam helps us understand how prayer is a way of participating in God's work, what we should pray for, and why prayer is powerful.

Unlike the other commandments, which address words and actions, the 10th Commandment addresses the motives and desires. God forbids us from obsessively desiring what is not ours. As Pastor Jason Jackson points out, coveting is a root sin that leads us to break the other commandments. Therefore, God invites us to desire and delight in what He's already given us.

This week Pastor Jason Jackson traces the trajectory of the Ninth Commandment from forbidding false witness in a court of law, to prohibiting every form of dishonest speech, to commanding truth-telling, and finally, to celebrating living in the truth. God ultimately desires us to be honest people. People whose relationships with others, with ourselves, and with God are bound together and strengthened by the truth.

This week Pastor Jason Jackson traces the trajectory of the Ninth Commandment from forbidding false witness in a court of law, to prohibiting every form of dishonest speech, to commanding truth-telling, and finally, to celebrating living in the truth. God ultimately desires us to be honest people. People whose relationships with others, with ourselves, and with God are bound together and strengthened by the truth.

This week Pastor Jason Jackson traces the trajectory of the Ninth Commandment from forbidding false witness in a court of law, to prohibiting every form of dishonest speech, to commanding truth-telling, and finally, to celebrating living in the truth. God ultimately desires us to be honest people. People whose relationships with others, with ourselves, and with God are bound together and strengthened by the truth.

Even if you haven't actively stolen something lately, there's still a robust invitation for you in the eighth word. "Do not steal" runs in conjunction with an opportunity for "open-handed living." Teaching from both Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 15, guest speaker Andrew Stoddard helps you form a vision for what open-handed living looks like practically, and he gives you the tools you need to identify and overcome the 3 most common reasons that we fail to heed God's invitation to open-handed lives. By exploring and confronting improper emphases of Lack, Identity, and Fear, you'll be released to meet God in place of wonder and meet your neighbor with a willing heart.

Even if you haven't actively stolen something lately, there's still a robust invitation for you in the eighth word. "Do not steal" runs in conjunction with an opportunity for "open-handed living." Teaching from both Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 15, guest speaker Andrew Stoddard helps you form a vision for what open-handed living looks like practically, and he gives you the tools you need to identify and overcome the 3 most common reasons that we fail to heed God's invitation to open-handed lives. By exploring and confronting improper emphases of Lack, Identity, and Fear, you'll be released to meet God in place of wonder and meet your neighbor with a willing heart.

Even if you haven't actively stolen something lately, there's still a robust invitation for you in the eighth word. "Do not steal" runs in conjunction with an opportunity for "open-handed living." Teaching from both Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 15, guest speaker Andrew Stoddard helps you form a vision for what open-handed living looks like practically, and he gives you the tools you need to identify and overcome the 3 most common reasons that we fail to heed God's invitation to open-handed lives. By exploring and confronting improper emphases of Lack, Identity, and Fear, you'll be released to meet God in place of wonder and meet your neighbor with a willing heart.

The commandment that prohibits adultery is usually where people either keep God out of their private lives or prevent Him from getting too close because of pain or shame. But if the commandments are windows into God's character and our calling, then we need to look more closely at why this commandment exists. Pastor Glenn Packiam explains how sex is more powerful and sacred than we realize, and how we are tempted toward adultery when we make an idol of our marriage, our spouse, or of sex itself. With the warning of God's truth comes the welcome of God's grace as we place our trust not in our faithfulness but in the faithfulness of Christ.

The commandment that prohibits adultery is usually where people either keep God out of their private lives or prevent Him from getting too close because of pain or shame. But if the commandments are windows into God's character and our calling, then we need to look more closely at why this commandment exists. Pastor Glenn Packiam explains how sex is more powerful and sacred than we realize, and how we are tempted toward adultery when we make an idol of our marriage, our spouse, or of sex itself. With the warning of God's truth comes the welcome of God's grace as we place our trust not in our faithfulness but in the faithfulness of Christ.