Daily Devotional

READ: Luk. 12:22-34 But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. – Luk. 12:31 The first three petitions are focused on God’s name, will, and kingdom. Now three petitions follow in which we ask things for ourselves as God’s children and His church. Yet these last three petitions are also […]

READ: Hebr. 1:1-14 Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. – Matt. 6:10b God’s revealed will is not a noncommittal matter but a matter of obedience, of faith and gratitude. This is true not only in the Old but also in the New Testament. The Lord Jesus explains its importance in Matt. 7:21: “Not

READ: Deut. 29:29 – 30:14 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.” – Deut. 29:29 The third petition of the Lord’s Prayer is, “Thy will be done, as in heaven so also on earth.”  What is meant here by

READ: Rev. 21:1-11 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. – Rev. 21:1 In addition to our submission to the King and our co-operation in the edifying of His church, there is also a struggle to enter

READ: Matt. 13:24-35 “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field” – Matt. 13:24b The coming of God’s Kingdom is an ongoing matter. Christ is working on it every day at the right hand of God the Father, with haste and with all His strength. The Lord does

READ: John 18:28-37 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.” – John 18:36 The second petition is Thy kingdom come.  This looks forward to

READ: 1 Pet. 2:1-10 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light – 1 Pet. 2:9                                 

READ: John 1:12-18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. –  John 1:18                                           First, the Lord Jesus teaches us to pray:

READ: John 17:1-20 Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. – John 17:11b In the address of “Father”, Jesus teaches us two more things. God is Father “in heaven”, and not only my Father but “our” Father.  Jesus also mentions both things in His own

READ: John 16:16-28 Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. – John 16: 23b The first thing that the Lord Jesus teaches about our prayer is to address the Lord God as “our Father.” This is not an obvious choice. If you look at