Jesus continued to teach the Lord’s Prayer saying from Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4: Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil Simply put, temptation is anything that obstructs or is likely to obstruct us from doing God’s will. They come in various forms from both physical and spiritual Read more…
Jesus continued to teach the Lord’s Prayer saying from Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us Forgiveness is a sign of restoration. It means wiping the slate clean unconditionally. It obliterates past events of injury so they cannot be used as Read more…
Jesus continued to teach the Lord’s Prayer saying from Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4: Give us this day our daily bread Jesus who often spoke in parables was emphasizing on spiritual rather than physical bread. In confirming this fact, Jesus said man shall not live by bread alone but by every Read more…
Jesus continued to teach the Lord’s Prayer saying from Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4: Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven Any time we pray, we must be reminded of God’s will. God’s will can be summarized as God’s written words in the bible; and God’s divine Read more…
Jesus continued to teach the Lord’s Prayer saying from Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4: Thy kingdom come What did Jesus mean by this statement in the Lord’s Prayer? To understand it, we must first know what God’s kingdom is; what it stands for; and what are its characteristics? The statement is Read more…
Jesus continued to teach the Lord’s Prayer saying from Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4: Hallowed be thy name This is to honour God’s name as our heavenly father. To hallow God’s name is to show reverence to him not only as God but as a good and loving father. It means Read more…
Before Christ, the Israelites prayed to God as part of their worship. From a very young age Jesus himself fellowshipped with his people in the temples and synagogues. One wonders why then did Jesus’ disciple(s) ask him to teach them how to pray, Luke 11:1. The disciples had observed that Read more…
In order to preserve the truth, we must know from a biblical point of view what the truth is? We read from 1 John 2:21 that no lie is the truth. In other words, truth is the opposite of lies. Jesus also said in John 14:6 that I am the Read more…
We read from John 4:24 that God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. We understand this statement to mean we must know who God is? We are rebellious against God because we do not know him as we ought to. We Read more…
The Bible has given us a plethora of types or conditions of prayers that would receive Jesus’ positive responses. However, God through Christ Jesus has the sole sovereign authority to react to prayers. Biblical evidence of conditions under which prayers have been answered includes the following: The Prayer of a Read more…