April 2023

READ: Luk. 11: 5-13.  For all the promises of God in Him (Christ) are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. – 2 Cor. 1:20 We end our prayers with “Amen” so much that it has become second nature. What do we mean by it?  It doesn’t mean “Now my prayer is […]

READ: Rev. 4. Now to Him who is able to establish you … 27 to God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen. – Rom. 16: 25a,27 The closing words of the Lord’s Prayer are not just a confession of humility and trust. They are also a hymn to the greatness and goodness of God our Father. It

READ: Rom. 8:28-39                                           For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. – Matt. 6:13b In our lives, we depend on God as our Father. There is nothing we can contribute

READ: 2 Peter. 2 … then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment – 2 Pet. 2:9 Peter’s second epistle describes a society rather similar to ours. The teachings of errant teachers meant that many people were going their own way

READ: James 1:1-18 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. – James 1:12 The sixth petition begins with: “Do not lead us into temptation.” We do not pray: “Make sure that we are never tempted.” That

READ: Matt. 18: 21-35 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.” – Mark 11:26 The fifth petition also includes the phrase: “as we also have forgiven our debtors.” Forgiving other people who have done something wrong to you is only possible if you see that you can only

READ: Luk. 7:36-50 “Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”                – Luk. 7:47 Just like the prayer for our daily bread, we every day need to plead for forgiveness

READ 1 John 1:5-2:2  If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. – 1 John 1:8 The fifth petition begins “And forgive us our debts.” We can pray to our Father in Heaven only when we have an eye for His guilt-forgiving grace, in which we may

READ: Matt. 7:7-12 Give me neither poverty nor riches—Feed me with the food allotted to me;9 Lest I be full and deny You,And say, “Who is the Lord?”Or lest I be poor and steal,And profane the name of my God. – Prov. 30:8b,9 Every part of the Lord’s Prayer shows how wise and perfect the education of the Lord Jesus

READ: Deut. 8 … that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD. – Deut. 8:3b The fourth petition teaches us that we are dependent on God in everything. From sandwiches to glasses of milk, everything comes from God’s fatherly