Our Resurrection Weekend services begin with our Good Friday Evening Gathering, March 29 at 7:00 pm, and conclude with our regular Sunday activities on Resurrection Sunday Morning, March 31!

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Prepare your heart for the Sermon by looking through these suggestions that will assist you in making the most of our time together hearing God's Word.

You will find suggestions for thinking more critically through the passage, meditating more intently on the text, and prayerfully seeking wisdom to deepen your understanding of the passage to be preached this Sunday.

Carefully Think

  • Read Matthew 6:11-12
  • What is first request made in these verses?
  • When is this request asked to be completed?
  • What is the content of the first request?
  • Who is the request directed toward?
  • What is daily bread?
  • What is the second request made in these verses?
  • What is asked to be forgiven?
  • What are “our debts”?
  • What does this second request imply regarding God’s ability to forgive?

Prayerfully Meditate

  • How do the requests in these verses shift from the previous verses of the prayer?
  • What is required of the one who prays such a daily prayer?
  • How often does the first request imply it is necessary to be asked?
  • Why is this request directed at God? How can you tend to depend on yourself and not God?
  • Why are we capable of asking these requests of God?
  • Why is it important that it says “our” daily bread instead of “my”?
  • Who are our debtors?
  • What tense is the verb relating to our action in the second request?
  • What does this verb tense assume about our acts of forgiveness?
  • What makes God capable of forgiving sins?