Deliver Us From Evil (Matthew 6:13)

Big Idea: Life is dangerous, so pray that God protects you from sin and keeps you close to him.

There are six petitions in the Lord’s Prayer. The one that I find the most confusing is the last one:

And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
(Matthew 6:13)

We’ve been looking at the Lord’s Prayer these past few weeks. The first three petitions have to do with God: God’s honor, God’s kingdom, and God’s will. Jesus wants us to see the bigger picture: that we’re part of something much bigg...