The Lord’s Prayer

by West Vancouver United Church

Scripture Reading

Matthew 6:  5-13

5″And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

9″This, then, is how you should pray:

” ‘Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

10your kingdom come,

your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

11Give us today our daily bread.

12Forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

13And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.’

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 WVUC Sermon, August 29, 2010, Rev. Dr. Ross Lockhart [12:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Persuasive Parables IV: Weeds in the Garden

August 22, 2010

Scripture Reading
Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43
24Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27″The owner’s servants [...]

 
 WVUC Sermon, August 22, 2010, Rev. Dr. Ross Lockhart [14:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Persuasive Parables III: HR Nightmare

August 15, 2010

Scripture Reading
Mark 12: 1-12
1He then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. 2At harvest time he sent a servant to [...]

 
 WVUC Sermon, August 15, 2010, Rev. Dr. Ross Lockhart [20:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Persuasive Parables II: Going to the Chapel

August 8, 2010

Scripture Reading
Matthew 25: 1-13
1″At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4The wise, however, took oil in [...]

 
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Persuasive Parables I: “Lost and Found”

August 1, 2010

Scripture Reading
Luke 15: 3-7
3Then Jesus told them this parable: 4″Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6and [...]

 
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This Way to Paris

July 25, 2010

We were delighted to welcome Simon LeSieur, our Children and Youth Minister, as our guest preacher on Sunday, July 25, 2010.
Scripture Reading
Romans 12: 1-8
1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. 2Do not conform any [...]

 
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“Is He Saved?” and Other Questions Christians Shouldn’t Ask

July 18, 2010

We were delighted to welcome Dr. John Stackhouse of Regent College as our guest preacher on Sunday, July 18, 2010.
Scripture Reading
Colossians 1: 15-29
15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or [...]

 
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