Title: Help Us Pass The Test
Speaker: David Wilson
Location: Lubbock, TX
Date: 3 November 2019
Verse: Matthew 6:13, James 1:2-3; 12-16

I. The paradox in the prayer
II. The perception of “Peirasmos” (Trial and Temptation)
A. Trial = test your faith; Temptation = test your obedience
B. Trial = difficult to do; Temptation = easy to do
C. Trial brings dependence on God; Temptation focuses on self without reference to God
D. Trial exposes a weakness; temptation exploits a weakness
E. Trial leads to maturity and fellowship; Temptation leads to guilt and broken fellowship
III. The plea in the petition

More: Isaiah 43:2, I Corinthians 10:13, 2 Peter 2:9

I want to encourage you to eat life up.

Savor every delicious moment.

And do it every single chance you get.

Goodness it’s all so short.

I am so glad that I got to spend my life with you.

I love you.

-Dad

I don’t feel like I have had a lot of heavy birthdays.*

But today was one.

K, you turn three tomorrow. And I find myself eat up and a little emotional about the swift passing of time.

Like a rushing of water that cannot be held back, another year goes by.

I want more full days like today. And I want to be more daily aware of how sweet and beautiful nearly everything is.

I got to live! And I got to be your dad!

And I am so thankful for all of that.

I love you.

-Dad

*Ok. I did freak out a little bit when I turned 29.