1. God's faithfulness is constant and consistent. It knows no season. His love for us doesn't fade with the summer sun.
  2. The Lord’s Prayer is liturgy and catechism, action and instruction, praxis and theology.
  3. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  4. Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.
  5. When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
  6. The Lord’s prayer is a prayer in perfect accord with the will of God, and Jesus gifts it to us to plagiarize at will.
  7. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  8. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.
  9. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  10. The answer to our messages is God's "yes," Jesus, who sends his preachers to proclaim that there's no place for us now other than in the grip of our God and Savior.
  11. When we pray to Jesus, we pray to the King's right hand. We know one who has the Father's ear, respect and trust. And the one who intercedes for us is still one of us, with nail-pierced hands.
  12. God is not calling us to “grow up.” He is calling us to dependence.