Jesus Understands Your Temptations – Turn to Him Through Prayer
In the final verse of the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus teaches us to pray, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13).
November 16, 2023
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In the final verse of the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus teaches us to pray, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13).
In this week’s episode, we are diving into Matthew 6:12 where Jesus teaches us in his model prayer to ask God to “forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” This portion of the Lord’s Prayer contains a critical message about the importance of forgiveness in our marriages.
In Matthew 6:11, Jesus teaches us to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.” Like bread, God’s Word and prayer are meant to be our spiritual nourishment each day for thriving marriages.
In Matthew 6:10, Jesus teaches us to pray, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” As Christians, these should be the ultimate goals of our prayers – for God’s perfect will and rule to shape everything on earth.
When Jesus’ disciples asked Him how they should pray, He responded by teaching them what we now call the Lord’s Prayer. This powerful model prayer provides key principles for deepening our connection with God through prayer.
Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God, but also because we are so bound up in love for our fellow men that we feel their need acutely as our own. To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them. – John Calvin