Could God really lead us into temptation, and why do we ask him not to? This message sets the Lord’s Prayer alongside the letter of James (James 1), where one Greek word means both trial and temptation, and the outcome depends on what we carry in our own hearts. The preacher shows that every change, wealth and poverty, success and failure, is a test that never leaves us unchanged. Listen if you want to see why the real enemy is not pain, but the evil we ask to be delivered from.
Lead Us Not into Temptation
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
Does our conversation with God make a difference? As we listen to the prayer known as the “Our Father,” we discover that it changes our perspective on the world and helps us bring together in our lives what should be brought together. As we repeat the words of this prayer, we begin by talking with God about God and about our relationship. In the second part, we talk with God about ourselves and our relationships with others. And the purpose of this entire conversation is to bring these two worlds together-what is in heaven with what is on earth. That is what talking with God is all about.
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