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Wearing winter hats on our heads and swaddled in warm blankets, we devoted our attention to the world's most famous prayer. This prayer is intensely personal and the model for how we are supposed to approach God. There are six requests in this prayer: the first three relating to the advancement of God's glory and the last three addressing our daily needs. However, the focu...

"The Lord's Prayer may be the single set of words spoken more often than any other in the history of the world. Jesus Christ gave it to us as the key to unlock all the riches of prayer. Yet it is an untapped resource, partly because it is so familiar." Tim Keller "When Jesus taught his disciples to pray in this fashion, he was addressing men who were already convinced of ...

On Sunday, Hannah Bond shared a testimony about how the Lord has used the Moms2Moms ministry to serve and equip her as a young parent. Take a look! And moms, don't forget to sign-up for our next Moms2Moms event on Saturday! ...

"I can think of nothing great that is also easy. Prayer must be, then, one of the hardest things in the worldIf you struggle greatly in this, you are not alone." Tim Keller "Interfere at any price and in any fashion when people start to pray, for real prayer is lethal to our cause." C.S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters "When we wake up in the morning we should immediately remin...

"It should be the subject of grateful admiration that the great God allows himself to be compared to anything which will set forth his great love and care for his own people." Charles Spurgeon "It is precisely in the commonplace and familiar scenes of life where we see our Savior's constant provision. We love him because He does not just meet us in the critical times but ...

Beginning a new year presents us with an opportunity to freshly appreciate the treasure God has given us in the Scriptures, and to renew our devoted pursuit of God through his Word. Here are some suggested resources to encourage you in that great pursuit. Scripture Reading Plans Many things go undone because of the absence of a planand there is no shortage of plans for...

"An unpromising person appearing in a failed land." Ray Ortlund Jr. "Nothing but divine revelation can make the servant known to us and draw us to him. What the human eye missed, what can be known only by revelation is now stated in this section (v4-6)." Alec Motyer "Christmas means that we are so lost, so unable to save ourselves, that nothing less than the death of the...

In chapter 11, Isaiah continues to proclaim how God meets our needs within our broken world of sin through the promised Messiah. Instead of trusting in man's strength and wisdom, the perfect ruler is empowered by the Holy Spirit and delights in the fear of the Lord. In perfect righteousness, he rules and judges without bias toward the rich or powerful. You cannot avoid, br...

"At the close of chapter 10, what do we see? The infestation of human pride like a vast forest cut down. God swings his axe, and the whole evil system falls. Bare stumps as far as the eye can see. No branches waving in the wind, no birds, no life, no movement, no sound. The world is dead. But wait. Something new appears."-Ray Ortlund Jr. "Here is a king in whose hands the...

"Judah was hardly the China of the ancient world; it was tiny in comparison to Egypt to its south and Assyria to its north-east. But together with its sister kingdom Israel it occupied a strategic place astride the land routes linking Africa with Central Asia and the Far East. It lay at the centre of the known world and made the astounding claim that its God, the LORD, was...