December 10 HC #123 – I Corinthians 2:1-13 Thy Kingdom Come. This is the second thing we ask of God in the Lord’s Prayer. There is much packed into these three little words. There are acknowledgements that Christ is King of His people. There is an... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 9 HC #122 – John 17:3 Hallowed be thy name is also asking God to help us know Him. He is holy, and we need to know that and understand that more and more everyday. Asking God to hallow His name includes the idea of making it more holy to... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 8 HC #122 – Luke 1:47-56 The Lord’s name is hallowed already because He is holy, but The Lord’s prayer is also a prayer where we are asking that the Lord’s name would be hallowed. It is a petition. May your name be holy here on earth just... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 7 HC#122 – Revelation 4:1-11 Hallowed be thy name. It is sort of an old fashion phrase. Hallowed. What does that mean? It means to be holy or treated holy. If it is a hallowed place, then it is a holy place. Lincoln declared the ground at... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 6 HC #121 – Acts 17:22-31 It is actually a very common mistake for people to have earthly thoughts of the heavenly majesty of God. It is very human to try and pull God down to our level. It robs God, but it is what we naturally do. Take... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 5 HC #121 – I Kings 8:27-28 We must have no earthly thought of the heavenly majesty of God. This is why we say our Father “who art in heaven”. Earthly thoughts of God and earthly based worship has always been a problem, and is still always... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 4 HC #120 – Isaiah 63:15-19 The Heidelberg Catechism states that we address God as Father because it is the ground of our prayer, meaning the fact that God is our Father is the basis of our prayer. It then expands that idea by letting us... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 3 HC #120 – Mark 14:32-41 “Abba Father” Jesus demonstrates praying to our Heavenly Father in the Garden of Gethsemane in Mark 14:32-41. This is not just something Jesus tells us to do, but a part of his own prayer. This is the night before... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 2 HC #120 – Galatians 4:1-7 “Abba Father” We are no longer a slave, but a son. This is because the Father sent the Son in the fullness of time to die on a cross for us. And after the resurrection of that Son, and His ascension to heaven, He... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 1 HC #119 – Psalm 54:1-4 The Lord’s Prayer gives us the example of prayer, but the people of the Bible knew how to pray. More importantly they knew that God heard their prayers, so they took their needs to Him in prayer. Psalm 54:1-4 is... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
