Moments For You

I have seen a play in which someone begins reciting “Our Father, which art in Heaven,” and is surprised to be interrupted by God answering, “Yes?” A conversation follows where God points out that there is much more to praying than just saying prayers—that a real conversation with the real... Read more →

That great Welsh preacher, Christmas Evans, once said that if a long thread were to float down out of heaven and fasten itself to any one of us, if we knew that God were at the other end, none would lightly brush it aside. Now prayer is not a thread... Read more →

Our Father Divine Person Thy will be done Divine Purpose Daily bread Divine Provision Forgive us Divine Pardon Deliver us Divine Protection —What the Bible Teaches, Matthew Read more →

“Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). I suppose that to the majority of people these familiar words suggest a funeral rather than a wedding. They recall experiences to which we were compelled to submit but in which we found no delight. And so... Read more →

“His will be done,” we say with sighs and trembling,    Expecting trial, bitter loss and tears; And then how doth He answer us with blessings,    In sweet rebuking of our faithless fears. God’s will is peace and plenty, and the power    To be and have the best that He can... Read more →

In a time of weekly, bi-weekly or monthly paychecks, and shopping for a week’s supply of groceries at a time, it seems strange to ask for “daily” bread. But I believe God wants to remind us that we need Him and His supply each day. Even though today’s dinner may... Read more →

“Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us” (Luke 11:4). This does not refer to a sinner’s forgiveness when he first comes to the knowledge of the Lord, but to the disciple under the daily government of His Father. The forgiveness of a... Read more →

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Matthew 6:13). It is important to understand that the word tempt has a two-fold significance in Scripture: 1) to try the strength of, and 2) to entice to do evil. When it is said that “God did tempt Abraham”... Read more →

Question: Is the so-called Lord’s Prayer (see Matthew 6:9-13) something that I should repeat each day in my quiet time with the Lord? Answer: No. I don’t believe that you should feel a need to do that because the Lord Jesus has given us something even better than this beautiful... Read more →

Convicted forger A. Schiller was serving his time in Sing Sing prison in the late 1800’s when guards found him dead in his cell. On his body they found seven regular straight pins whose heads measured the typical 47/1000ths of an inch or 1.2 millimeters in diameter. Under magnification it... Read more →

I cannot say Our, if I live in a watertight spiritual compartment; if I think a special place in heaven is reserved for my denomination. I cannot say Father, if I do not demonstrate the relationship in my daily life. I cannot say which art in heaven, if I am... Read more →

The request is not how to pray, though He does teach us how. Neither is it what to pray, though He teaches us what. We know how to pray and what to pray better than we pray. “Lord, teach us to PRAY.” We are tempted to let other good things... Read more →