June 23, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 6:11–15
- Pray for God’s provision of our material needs.
- Pray for God’s forgiveness of our sins and tender hearts that forgive others.
- Pray for God’s protection from future sin and the power of Satan.
Matthew 6:9-10
June 16, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 6:9–10
- Pray for the recognition and reverence of God as holy.
- Pray for the increase and consummation of God’s divine rule.
- Pray for the conformity to God’s desires by unbelievers and believers.
Matthew 6:5-8
June 2, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 6:5–8
- Our prayers must not be pretentious in order to draw attention to ourselves.
- Our prayers must be meaningful conversations with God focused on seeking Him.
- Our prayers must not be full of repetitious, meaningless words in an attempt to persuade God.
- Our prayers must be meaningful conversations with God in order to develop a deeper relationship with our Heavenly Father.
Matthew 6:1-4
May 26, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 6:1–4
- Giving must not be done publicly in order to draw attention to ourselves.
- Giving must be done discreetly in order to glorify God alone.
Matthew 5:43-48
May 19, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:43–48
- True Meaning: God demands that followers of Christ love and pray for all people.
- A follower of Christ loves and prays for all people as a reflection of their heavenly Father.
- A follower of Christ loves and prays for all people because they are distinct from the world.
- A follower of Christ must pursue holiness and develop a wholehearted focus on God.
Matthew 5:38-42
May 12, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:38–42
- True Meaning: When faced with personal persecution, a follower of Jesus offers grace and mercy instead of retaliation.
- Jesus does not diminish the authority or responsibility of the government to enact justice.
- Followers of Jesus will face persecution.
- Followers of Jesus should put the good of others above their own interests and rights.
- Followers of Jesus must respond in a way that reflects Christ.
Matthew 5:33-37
May 5, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:33–37
- True Meaning: A faithful life, not the utterance of oaths, confirms the trustworthiness and reliability of a believer’s word.
- There are no shortcuts to integrity.
- True integrity involves purity before God.
- A lack of integrity reveals the depravity of one’s heart.
Matthew 5:31-32
April 28, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:31–32
- True Meaning: God designed marriage to be an intimate relationship between one man and one woman for life.
- God always desires forgiveness and reconciliation.
- God never commands divorce but does allow for divorce in certain situations.
- God forgives our sin and desires holiness from this point forward.
Matthew 5:27-30
April 21, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:27–30
- True Meaning: Living a pure life involves not only rejecting all physical acts of sexual immorality, but also cleansing the heart and mind.
- Pursuing purity requires eliminating certain things that are, or could be, sources of temptation.
- Pursuing purity requires depending on the power of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 5:21-26
April 14, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:21–26
- True Meaning: Being angry and insulting another person made in the image of God deserves equal judgment with the physical act of murder.
- The importance of right relationships demands decisive action.
- The importance of right relationships demands reconciliation.
Matthew 5:17-20
April 7, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:17–20
- Jesus’ fulfillment of Scripture compels His followers to interpret God’s Word in light of His ministry and teaching.
- Jesus’ fulfillment of Scripture affirms the Old Testament’s inspiration, authority, inerrancy, and permanency.
- Jesus’ fulfillment of Scripture encourages conformity to God’s Word in both practice and teaching.
Matthew 5:14-16
March 31, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:14–16
Matthew 5:13
March 24, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:13
- God employs believers to reprove evil in the world.
- God uses believers to draw the world to Himself.
- God sends out believers for a larger impact on the world.
Matthew 5:10-12
March 10, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:10–12
Suffering that brings God honor originates from a life fully dedicated to Christ, not one mired in sin and rebellion.
Christians respond to suffering by reflecting the character of Christ.
Suffering reminds Christians they belong to Jesus and will spend eternity with Him.
