Part 4: Bread and Forgiveness

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Part 4: Bread and Forgiveness

July 17, 2022 • Pastor Josh Pardee • Matthew 6:11–12, John 6:30–42

We are to be people whose lives are marked by true dependence on God's provision, and by forgiveness. What exactly does this look like in a culture where most of us have more than we need? And where forgiving debt feels ... wrong?

Part 6: Yours is the Kingdom

July 31, 2022 • Pastor Josh Pardee • Luke 22:47–52, Revelation 19:11–16, Matthew 6:9–13, Hebrews 1:1–3, Luke 22:35–38

In most Christian traditions, The Lord's Prayer ends with the statement that God's kingdom, power and glory are what we live for. But this often works against the way we order our lives and even our prayers.

Part 5: Lead us not into temptation

July 24, 2022 • Pastor Josh Pardee • Matthew 6:13, Deuteronomy 8:1–5, Matthew 4:1–11, Matthew 26:36–42

As God grows us spiritually, testing is part of his process. Our enemy tries to twist those tests into temptations that could destroy us. Jesus knew all about that.

Part 3: On Earth as it is in Heaven

July 3, 2022 • Pastor Josh Pardee • Revelation 21:1–5, Matthew 6:10

Jesus didn't tell us to just sit around, bemoan our broken world and wait for his return. We are to pray and work for the ways of heaven to become the ways of earth. That's a radically better story line.