Does God Know Me? Christmas is just around the corner, and it's a fitting time to reflect on a simple but profound question: Does God actually know me? It's a question that surfaces in different seasons of life—when things feel ordinary, when life becomes overwhelming,

“Lead us not into temptation…” — Matthew 6:13 Jesus is not teaching us to pray these words because God might otherwise tempt us to sin; God does not tempt anyone (James 1:13-14).  However, God does sometimes bring us to a place of testing (peirasmós) to prove or strengthen us.