Devotions from Haase’s book on forgiveness When we ask in the Lord’s prayer for God to forgive us we are showing we are aware of our own sinfulness and need. Our forgiveness of others is a paradigm for God’s forgiveness of us.  Jesus is remembered as saying that justice is not served by getting revenge…

Devotions from Haase’s book, Living the Lord’s Prayer As we think about the part of the Lord’s prayer of Forgive us our trespasses, we are aware that God doesn’t withhold mercy from anyone.  “Don’t set limits to the mercy of God. Don’t imagine that because you are not pleasing to yourself, you’re not pleasing to…

Devotions from Haase’s book, Living the Lord’s Prayer When we pray “ Forgive us our trespasses” we are recognizing that God frees us from our guilt and forgets our past. In, fact, no sin is written in indelible ink!  There is debilitating guilt and there is healthy guilt. Debilitating guilt is when we allow our…

Devotions from Haase’s book, Living the Lord’s Prayer When we pray “Give us this day our daily bread” it is not just an act of humility but it is a commitment to become daily bread for others. Jesus often ate with those who had been ostracized and condemned by the religious leaders.  In his table…

Today I had a lovely prayer walk on a road that no one has walked on since the latest snowfall. The sun was shining through the trees that were all frosted white and was breathtaking!  I saw so many animal tracks and even though I didn’t see the actual animals I know they are there.…

Devotions from Haase’s book, Living the Lord’s Prayer As we pray “Give us this day our daily bread” we come to recognize our dependency and the futility of preserving and protecting self-concern, self-image, self-preservation and self-gratification. Our ego tries to convince us that what is really important in life is based on what we have,…

 Devotions from Living The Lord’s Prayer by Haase As we pray, “Give us this day our daily bread”, we are admitting our dependency, helplessness and need. It is foolish to think we can make it on our own without God or without grace. Little children have no illusions that they are helpless and in need.…

 Devotions from Living the Lord’s Prayer by Haase When we pray “Give us this day our daily bread” we are recognizing the grace, goodness and generosity of God and trusting that He will provide for all our needs. We are not independent, self-sufficient beings but really beggars in absolute dependency and poverty before God. God…

Devotions from Haase’s book, Living the Lord’s Prayer As we pray the Lord’s prayer and say, “Thy will be done”, so we often wonder just what is God’s will for me?  Maybe we have a decision to make and we need discernment to know what direction to take. Jesus found his daily nourishment from knowing…

Devotions based on Haase’s book Living the Lord’s Prayer Another characteristic of kingdom people is Surrender to the Present.   Jean-Pierre De Caussade writes a lot about this and said, “True spirituality is the ready acceptance of all that comes to us at each moment of our lives… What God arranges for us to experience at…