River Bible Church | Dustin Daniels

The Lord’s Prayer is a model, not a mantra. The Lord’s prayer is an outline, it’s a sketch where Jesus gets us started, and then we fill in the gaps. The Lord’s prayer skeleton to where we flesh it out as we pray. Last week we started with verse 9 and got as far as “Our Father….” Today, we’ll finish verse 9, learning how God is in Heaven and how God’s name is to be honored as holy.

The Lord’s prayer is the perfect prayer. Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, “The Lord’s Prayer is not merely the pattern prayer, it is the way Christians must pray.” Martin Luther preached a volume on the Lord’s Prayer. The Lord’s Prayer is, without a doubt, the greatest prayer of the Christian church. And we’ll spend today learning the first part of it by focusing on God as Our Father.

So now that we have a vague idea of the spiritual reality of what’s happening when we walk into the throne room of God... Let’s now learn How— and How Not To Pray once we enter the throne room of God. This is a significant part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount because it is so practical. Jesus says do this and don’t that. What exactly are we to do and not do? Let’s find out!

Prayer is mysterious to us, isn’t it? How exactly does prayer work? If God works all things according to the counsel of his will — why pray? And if God has given us free will, can we change anything that has been set forth in God’s will through prayer? We are not puppets on a string. We’re not divine robots, either. So we start to see the tension, don’t we? Throughout this study, we’ll learn how G...

There are 2,350 verses on money. That’s more Scripture than on the topics of heaven, hell, or faith. Obviously, The Lord has a lot to say about this subject. So my objective is to teach this text on money this morning — and then offer suggestions on how to make the subject of money less fearful in our own life.

When we see ourselves for who and what we truly are — the walking dead spiritually with no hope of salvation apart from the grace of God through Christ Jesus the Lord — Then we have a deeper appreciation for this gift of Himself through Christ. We have a deeper appreciation of God’s Word and God’s family. When we realize the holiness of God and the wretchedness of ourselves — And we start to ponde...

Merry Christmas! Let's dive into the delivery of a newborn Jesus in Luke 2. Learn about Joseph, Mary, the Shepards, and the Heavenly host, and celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

God’s love is the pinnacle of our faith. But we do have a problem this morning. The problem we tend to have with love is that we define it differently than God. And there is also a reason that it has taken us 21 sermons to get to this point — What is that reason? Why do you care? Let’s find out!

Today, Jesus changes the subject again in His Sermon on the Mount. He moves from the subject of making promises to retaliation and rights. Now, these five verses that we'll look at today are probably five of the most misunderstood verses within Jesus’ sermon. If you would ask an unbeliever to quote any Bible verse, they may say the one we’re studying today—“an eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth....

We live in a world where truth is scarce. We’ve all been lied to—and we’ve all lied. We're all liars. We’ve all made promises at some level and broke them. And today, Jesus will use the scribes and Pharisees as an example of what not to do when making promises and keeping your word. How does all this impact you today? In every single way! Let’s find out.

We’ve all been impacted by divorce—and divorce is tragic. It devastates families, scars children and paints a blot on society. But the foremost tragedy of divorce is that it violates God and His Word. Many of know what the culture thinks about divorce — But what does God have to say about divorce? Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage is our topic this morning. And what does that mean for you? Let’s fi...

Today, we will finish this section of Jesus’ sermon regarding adultery. He opens this conversation up to a broader discussion by talking about lust. So we’ll learn what Jesus has to say about lust today. We’re going to learn the lie’s of lust and also the beauty of sexual purity. Lastly, we’ll also see the forgiveness found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

All that to say, as I teach and preach today’s message, I pray that you know that I’m for you and that I love you. I’m not against you. I’m on your side. We’re on the same team. My prayer for you this morning is that you would hear a Heavenly Father’s plea regarding adultery. We’re going to be looking at a lot of Scripture today. And the reason for that is that when we read God’s Word, we hear God...

Reconciliation is the mending of a broken relationship. It is to be at peace with one another. But how does it happen when some type of offense has been committed? Well, the offense has to be removed. How does that take place? And not only that, but how does reconciliation fit into the conversation of murder and anger from last week? Lastly, why do you care?  Let’s find out!

Today’s topic is a heavy one — murder. Jesus is going to teach straight from the Ten Commandments. This Scripture passage is one of the most important texts regarding the sanctity of human life. How so? Let’s find out.

Today I’m going to give you an overview of the rest of Matthew chapter 5. Jesus talks about six issues: Murder, Adultery, Divorce, Truth, Making Promises, and Love. Before we get to those topics, I need to provide a high-level overview of all of that. Because if we don’t understand the context—if we don’t understand where Jesus is coming from, we’ll dismiss His words and miss the overarching theme...

Goodness is a relative term. Are they talking Mother Teresa good or Adolph Hitler good? There’s got to be some kind of standard somewhere for us to know for certainty that we’re going to Heaven. Right? That’s the question for today. And it’s an important question because it’s an eternal question. So what’s Jesus say about Heaven? Let’s find out.

So the over-arching question is this: “What does Jesus have to say about the Bible?” And how does that impact you today? Why do you care what Jesus has to say about the Bible? Well, dear friends, let’s find out because it touches on something that we hear about nearly every day in the news or on social media.

In today’s lesson, the Lord summarizes a disciple's function, purpose, and role. Studying the Beatitudes we’ve learned how Jesus told the disciples how to get their sinful hearts right before a holy God. Now Jesus tells us what to do with our imperfect righteous lives. In other words, Disciples are to be a witness to the world. You are the plan if you’re a Disciple of Jesus. So today’s lesson incl...

If we live a Beatitude-style life, Jesus says we will be persecuted at some level because of it. We’ve learned in our study that these Beatitudes build upon one another. So what Jesus is saying is that if you actually apply the first seven Beatitudes, you will encounter the eighth. And the eight Beatitude deals with persecution, insults, and slander. What does it mean to be persecuted for righteou...

This Beatitude about peace today is probably one of the hardest to understand. And it’s even harder to live out. So how are we to make sense of all this? And how are we to apply peace to our own lives? Let’s find out!

The idea of seeing God was terrifying. It meant instant death, especially to the Jews. So how can Jesus make this kind of promise? "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." Well, let’s find out!

So this fifth Beatitude that we will study today deals with mercy. We’ll also learn a surprising theological concept about our sin and God’s mercy. What is that surprise? Let’s find out!

Today, Jesus turns the corner on the Beatitudes. The fourth Beatitude is like a pillar. The first three flow in the last three flow out. We’ll start seeing the fruit of the first three Beatitudes ripen in our life within the fourth. How so? Let’s find out.

What kind of leader can be meek and mild and have the power that’s needed to lead the Jews out of the hands of the Romans? The Beatitude of humility/meekness was a joke to the Jews… and you know what? It's one of the reasons that they eventually murdered Him. Jesus said, “Fine, you guys don’t want me— I’ll go to the Gentiles and talk to you in riddles/parables.” And since we got Jesus on the rebou...