Deliver Us From Evil

April 6, 2025 | Matthew 6.13 | Rob Collis

Lent is a season in the Church calendar that’s been set apart for us to do some heart-work. It’s when we can recapture our love for God and his kingdom, and cast off the practices, behaviours, and beliefs that have entangled our hearts – where we can pull away the weeds that have distracted and pulled us away from our love in Jesus Christ. Because, ultimately, Lent is a season of realigning our hearts so that Jesus can rekindle our love for him. And for us as a church, the way we’re going to do that is to delve deep into the Lord’s Prayer.

This week, Rob Collis invites us to look at the end of this famous prayer – where Jesus teaches us to pray about temptation and evil. The fact that Jesus teaches us to pray this way shows us we should expect tests and trials to come our way, and that we’re allowed to pray and ask God for relief in the situations we face. And while he doesn’t necessarily promise to change it, whatever it is – we’re told to count it all joy – because there’s something in this situation that affords us the opportunity to grow in our relationship with Jesus.