Daily Devotional

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

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