A Christ Follower: The Journey

Forgive us our sins the same way  we forgive those who sin against us:   Jesus The Most Famous Prayer In The World There are millions of people who have, or do, pray The Lord's Prayer . Or as our Catholic brothers and sisters would say, they pray the "Our Father." There may even be billions praying this prayer,  given that the organized church reportedly has about 2.3 billion people as a part of its family. It's potentially the most well known, and memorized, scripture anywhere. It  may even rival John 3:16 for the top spot of well knownness or familiarity.  This could be true because it gets prayed, in its various forms, over and over and over again. Millions of people pray it at least once a week on Sunday morning. It also could be true because, when Jesus disciples asked Him to "Teach us to pray," He told them, "Pray like this. " It almost sounds like a command decision on Jesus part, therefore, many obey this most famous prayer in...

Give us, today, our daily bread.   Jesus The Old Normal Verses The New Normal Normally, during our old normal, in these United States of America, people do not tend to be too concerned about how they will be taken care of. I am not saying this is true for everyone here, but most.  That is until the COVID-19 hit, and things began to change. A new normal has happened: Now 17 million Americans have lost their jobs, and this is the result of completely shutting our economy down.  Small businesses are shuttered and  even our church buildings are closed.  Many people are really scared regarding the future. We are not even allowed to gather in groups. We have to stay away from one another. We cannot even hug one another. I cannot imagine how it is for those of you who are in other countries where your economies were not near as robust as the one we had in America. And I know some of you, in other nations, love to embrace one another, which is not somethi...