Avoiding Temptation, Practicing Forgiveness - Matthew 6.13-15

July 16, 2017

Michael Malanga

So far, Jesus has taught us to confess God as our Father, to sanctify His name, to pray for His Kingdom to come, and for His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. He’s taught us to trust God for our daily bread as well as for our daily grace, first for ourselves, then for others. This morning, Jesus teaches us that in the same way we must trust God to give us our daily bread and our daily grace, we must also trust Him to “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” When it comes to facing temptation it is not a matter of if, but of when. So when temptation comes upon us we must trust God to help us keep our commitment to keep practicing what Jesus preaches. We approach God to ask Him to help us practice what Jesus preaches.