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How to Handle the Tests of Life

Christian Lee (2025 April 27, Sunday, Storyline Church)
Life is full of tests. Small and big. Nobody likes tests but you can’t advance without it. Following Christ is about preparation and practice so that when a test comes, it feels like an opportunity rather than a trap. Whether a test is an opportunity or a trap depends on your preparation and attitude. We unpack the wisdom in the Lord's Prayer for handling the tests of life.
Passage: Matthew 6:9-13, I Corinthians 10:13 (ESV), James 1:2-3 (NLT)Sermon Series: The Lord's Prayer, 7 of 7
 

Overcoming Unforgiveness

Christian Lee (2025 April 20, Easter Sunday, Storyline Church)
Unforgiveness. Nothing has ended more friendships, more marriages, resulted in deteriorating mental health, physical health, church splits, started more wars... there's no cause greater than an unforgiving heart. If you live in a fallen world, you can’t avoid getting mistreated, abused, injured, and hurt. Thus, you’ve got to learn how to overcome an unforgiving heart. It’s as dreadful and deadly as being diagnosed with high blood pressure or heart disease or cancer. But too many Christians in the church don’t deal with it with the level of seriousness it deserves. Today we’ll be looking at how to overcome an unforgiving heart: how forgiveness is essential, how it is simple, how it is complex, and where we get the power to forgive.
Passage: Matthew 6:9, 12, 14-15; 18:21-35 (ESV)Sermon Series: The Lord's Prayer, 6 of 7

Three Traps of Petitionary Prayer

Christian Lee (2025 April 13, Sunday, Storyline Church)
Many Christians believe that prayer is wonderful. Prayer fills us with joy, peace, and hope. But how come so many people struggle to pray regularly? Is it solely an issue of procrastination or lack of discipline? One reason people struggle with prayer is because they are unaware of the traps of prayer. The traps of prayer can lead someone into futility and cynicism. Today’s teaching will touch upon these traps and how daily bread can help you overcome your struggle with prayerlessness!
Passage: Matthew 6:9-13 (ESV)
Sermon Series: The Lord's Prayer, 5 of 7

The One Prayer Everyone is Scared Of

Christian Lee (2025 April 6, Sunday, Storyline Church)
This is the one part of the Lord’s Prayer that many of us have a problem with. We got no problem with ‘your kingdom come’ or ‘give us this day our daily bread,' but we feel an aversion to “your will be done.” Why do we have such a problem with, “your will be done”? Why do we find it so scary?
Passage: Matthew 6:9-13 (NIV)
Sermon Series: The Lord's Prayer, 4 of 7

The Kingdom Wins When We Lose Well

Christian Lee (2025 March 30, Sunday, Storyline Church)
As we pray, “your kingdom come,” here in the already-not yet period, we rest on what is already true of us in Christ and we fight til the day we receive the fullness of everything in the not yet. But the way that we fight and win looks different than the way the world fights and wins. The way we win in the kingdom is through following in Christ’s steps of servanthood and sacrifice. And in a fallen and broken world that is hostile to God, that often means the kingdom wins through losing. When the kingdom is consummated at Christ’s return, Christ will win by triumphing militarily and in justice over his enemies. But until then, Christ seeks to sanctify and prepare a bride that is pure, spotless, and loves him for him. This means the kingdom comes by losing. And this can only happen by... not just losing, but losing well.
Passage: Matthew 6:6, 9-13 (NIV)
Sermon Series: The Lord's Prayer, 3 of 7

Your Solitude Reveals What You Hallow

Christian Lee (2025 March 23, Sunday, Storyline Church)
Why would Jesus find it imperative to teach us to pray, “hallowed be your name?” Why? Because humans have a tendency to hallow everything but God. To hallow something means to regard something as sacred and ultimate. What do you hallow? What captivates your heart and imagination?
Passage: Matthew 6:5-13 (ESV)
Sermon Series: The Lord's Prayer, 2 of 7

The Biggest Mistake People Make with Prayer

Christian Lee (2025 March 16, Sunday, Storyline Church)
Before Jesus begins teaching the Lord's prayer, he warns us against the biggest mistake people make with prayer. Pagans cannot pray like Christians. But Christians continually fall back into praying like pagans. Many Christians these days seem most concerned about protecting our religious liberties from irreligious liberals. But we see here that Jesus' primary concern was not between religious and irreligious but between religious and Christian. This sermon was inspired and adapted from Tim Keller's 1995 sermon "Basis of Prayer: Our Father."
Passage: Matthew 6:6-15 (NIV); Romans 8:15 (ESV); I John 3:1 (NKJV); Luke 11:1-10 (ESV)
Sermon Series: The Lord's Prayer, 1 of 7

Shining Light on False Stories

Christian Lee (2025 March 9, Sunday, Storyline Church)
Our habits often feed lies and false storylines that distort reality and keep us in bondage to fear and anger. This message calls us to open up the curtains and shine Christ's light upon the first moments of our day so we can live in the reality of his love and truth.
Passage: Genesis 1:1-4; John 8:12 (ESV)

Leave It In Your Rearview

Christian Lee (2025 March 2, Sunday, Storyline Church)
There's a reason why the rearview mirror is small. What's in front of you is far more important than what you've left behind. In regards to certain matters in life, dwelling incessantly on our past can hinder us from embracing the new thing God's doing in our lives. 
Passage: Philippians 3:12-14; Isaiah 48:18-19 (ESV)

Sheep Need Sheperding

Christian Lee (2025 Feb 23, Sunday, Storyline Church)
The Bible calls believers sheep and likens church leaders to shepherds and our Lord Jesus as the Chief shepherd. We have a lot in common with sheep than we'd like to admit. To be a good follower of Christ, we must humbly admit our need of shepherding in our lives. The sermon touches upon the two traps of shepherding, who we should to look for shepherding, and what makes gospel-fueled Christian shepherding distinct and more powerful than the shepherding of all other religions and moral communities.
This is a sermon adapted from a message by Tim Keller called "Members of One Another."
Passage:  Hebrews 3:13; 13:17, 20-22 (ESV)