What God's Word Says
Read these passages in context and listen for what God exposes, promises, and gives in Christ.
The Lord's Prayer
Sunday, December 20, 2026
Big Question
What does Jesus teach us to ask for in our daily needs, failures, temptations, and fears?
What God's Word Says
Read these passages in context and listen for what God exposes, promises, and gives in Christ.
What Does the Catechism Say?
The final petitions bring daily needs, forgiveness, temptation, evil, and confident Amen before the Father who promises to hear through Christ.
Official Book of Concord text from Concordia Publishing House.Law
We fail to recognize daily bread, withhold forgiveness, walk into temptation, and cannot rescue ourselves from evil.
Gospel
The Father gives daily bread, forgives through Christ, strengthens in temptation, and promises final rescue from evil.
Jesus at the Center
Jesus places every bodily and spiritual need into a prayer shaped by His forgiveness and the Father's promise to hear.
In Real Life
South Lake Confirmation Book
Week 3Lord's Prayer, Petitions 4-7 and AmenPages 105-114
Look for: How Jesus gathers bodily needs, forgiveness, temptation, and rescue into trusting prayer.
Read the final petitions and name one present need under each.
Keep the Faith
Its focus on the adversary and the power of darkness connects most directly with the petitions about temptation and deliverance from evil.
Video resources support Scripture, the Small Catechism, pastoral teaching, and family conversation. They do not replace them.Watch & Learn
A carefully selected resource to support this session after Scripture, the Small Catechism, and South Lake's teaching.
Michael Newman
This alternate verified LHM source connects temptation, deception, prayer, Christ's victory, and the petitions for rescue. It remains a compact link because the existing Keep the Faith video already covers this material.
Open the ResourceTalk About It
At the Kitchen Table
Ten thoughtful minutes is plenty. Listen before correcting, welcome honest questions, and end in prayer.