Once while hiking in the “Stara Planina” I missed a turn on the path and, in the end, had to go back and hike an extra five kilometers to get back on the right track. Often in life we cause ourselves a lot of trouble and heartache because we miss the path the God has laid out for us. This
When God spoke to his people the first time, a thunderstorm erupted. We can’t expect that every Sunday, so perhaps we have to look within. How eager are we to hear God speak? to listen and obey? In this sermon we find not only thunder and lightning but also a prepared, excited, even fearful
Тhe final sentence of the Lord’s Prayer—“For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen” (Matthew 6:13 KJV)—is not in the earliest copies of the Gospel of Matthew. The phrase was likely added by early Christians as the prayer began to be used in public worship. So should
The next two phrases in the Lord’s Prayer fit together: “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13). The word temptation can mean to entice to do wrong, but it can also mean to put to the test. The same experience can be both a temptation to do wrong and a
The fifth request in the Lord’s Prayer is for forgiveness. Jesus knew that we would stand in need of forgiveness every day. And so we pray, “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors” (Matthew 6:12).