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The Lord’s Prayer

“But thus you shall pray: Our Father, Who art (you - one person - are) in heaven, may Your Name be acknowledged as Holy;” “may Your Kingdom be Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) ; may Your will be done in heaven and on earth”. “Give us our bread continually”. “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us, “and do not allow us into the power of temptation but keep us from all evil. Amen”. — Matthew 6:9-13 | New Messianic Version (NMV) The New Messianic Version Bible by Tov Rose © 2012. All Rights Reserved. Cross References: Exodus 34:7; 2 Samuel 7:26; 1 Chronicles 29:11; Ruth 1:6; Psalm 22:28; Psalm 32:1; Psalm 103:20; Proverbs 30:8; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 23:9; Matthew 26:42; Luke 11:12; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 John 5:18

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Praying the Lord's Prayer

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Matthew 9:35-38 (AMP). “Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages [in Galilee], teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news (gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness [His words and His works reflecting His Messiahship]. When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion and pity for them, because they were dispirited and distressed, like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is [indeed] plentiful, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

Matthew 6:9-13 (AMP). “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father, who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. ‘Your kingdom come, Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. ‘Give us this day our daily bread. ‘And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors [letting go of both the wrong and the resentment]. ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]’”

“Lord, Teach Us to Pray” By In Touch ministries:

“Keep talking to the Lord—He always welcomes you, just as you are.”

“When it comes to prayer, there are two common pitfalls to be aware of. First, when it’s unclear what to pray, some people choose not to pray at all. And second, many believers settle into a lifeless form of praying that leaves them feeling hollow and disconnected from God. Both situations lead to discontentment and frustration.

As Christians, we know that we should pray, even if doing so seems daunting. But far more than any sense of obligation we may feel, it’s wise to recognize that God intended prayer as a blessing for His children: Communing with Him is a fundamental way of experiencing His fullness. We have much to gain by praying—including peace, comfort, wisdom, and God’s very presence. So it would be tragic to give up on trying.

And remember, when we communicate with God, there’s no measuring stick or scorecard. A fumbling yet heartfelt attempt pleases Him far more than a well-worded litany that lacks sincerity. And keep in mind that formal prayers—such as the one Jesus taught His disciples (Matthew 6:9-13)—can help us find a path back into the practice when we’re lost.

Start with the Lord’s Prayer today and return to it as often as needed. You may eventually find your own words flowing freely as a result. But if not, don’t give up. Just keep talking to the Lord.”

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Reflection for Prayer 20: The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, I pause,

this means so much, here I am

never alone, no,

we're one family allied

in a Father that is God.

The great I am is

and He will listen to me

always, anytime,

that is His nature,

to be the One who listens.

In heaven: a place

God set aside to hear us

make our petitions,

a place too holy to see

values our voice in prayer.

Precious is His name,

a holy reputation

the ancient nomen

only He deserves - holy,

I only speak it with awe.

He is coming here,

vanishing distance between

with His full kingdom,

God dwelling among converts,

what an exciting story.

A true wondrous thought,

completion of God's intent,

done once and for all,

all the grief of ruthless life

swept aside for perfection.

Reflecting heaven

earth will lose its distinction,

no place for sin found,

promised abundant life dawns

sweeping away ticks of time.

Today we need gifts,

we can't survive without them,

we are powerless

against sin, temptation, want,

we must rely on His gifts.

Daily provision

without worry, even bread

means no real hunger

is worth us fretting about,

belief is our only job.

Wow, to owe no one,

not even God, pure relief,

actual freedom

from the shortfalls we possess,

from the weights we cannot lift.

A revealed secret

to finding ourselves freedom

in so little words,

my forgiveness meant to flow

like a river from my soul.

Looming temptation

is not where I want to walk,

I want to escape

another way without it,

lead me that way somehow Lord.

The Way and the Truth

does not come naturally,

for we must be led

a lamp at our feet guides us

when we follow He who leads.

Evil has caught us

in a clever trap, we'll die

from its wicked ways

without a deliverer

with a kindly loving heart.

Go ahead, rejoice,

know God controls the kingdom,

one God, one ruler,

it is easy to believe

everything will turn out right.

Power lies with God,

His strength is on our behalf,

our strong champion

remains undefeated still

and not even death can win.

The glory of God

rises robust each morning

we see it, breath it

and fading hope is renewed,

all creation senses it.

A vanishing blip,

this present time fades away,

eternity comes

swallowing up our sorrows

as forever folds up time.

And so it all comes

first to last it will be done,

Alpha, Omega

has laid out His plan and won

Praise for Father, Spirit, Son.

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D W Eldred

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January 23, 2024 Verse Of The Day

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"IF IT'S HIDDEN, IT WON'T HEAL!"

Hebrews 4:12-13, “For the Word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart. And not a…

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C.S. Lewis Invites Us into the Lord's Prayer

Today, the July letter from the C.S. Lewis Institute arrived. I’m going to quote it at some length because the excerpt from Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer is On Helpful is so helpful. But before I do, I want to provide a link to an index for the book that readers might find helpful as well. This particular index is good for all 124 page versions of the book no matter what the cover. Lewis…

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The Primacy of Prayer | Timothy J. Keller [Matthew 6:9-13]

Now I'm gonna talk to you about prayer tonight; I am not gonna talk about sex, social justice, gentrification, or contextualization I am talking about prayer—so I expect no hate mail.

How could you hate anything about prayer?

I mainly want to talk to you about prayer: What it is but something about Church planning to start with. If any weakness like prayerlessness —any weakness you have, if you're Christian it'll hurt you in your life.

If you're trying to do Church planning, then prayerlessness will kill you—it won't just hurt you, it'll kill you.

Here's some things that prayer does for example —prayer is the only real way to know yourself.

You can't know who you are until you see GOD, you don't know how small you are till you see the ultimate big person.

The fact of the matter is that the more you know GOD, the more you come to see who you are—& actually you can't know GOD without knowing yourself.

If you can't admit who you are, you can't know GOD—if you don't know GOD, you will never be able to see or admit who you are.

The knowledge of GOD, the knowledge of yourself grow or atrophy together—& what that means is there's no way to even know yourself about prayer

............................................................................................. Secondly there's no way to change without prayer .............................................................................................

You know why?

Because real change happens when your loves are reordered

So if you're saying for example I need to stop [A] I do A & I do B & I need to stop A & B but if you love A & B more than you love GOD; you will go back to A & B.

It doesn't matter how much accountability there is, it doesn't matter the consequences

it doesn't matter how much you try to exert your willpower

The problem is:

Unless you come to love GOD more than you love A&B, you will keep going back to A&B. Now how do you change your love's?

Prayer: I mean in other words praying it's how you grow to love GOD! You don't pray, you are not gonna love GOD.

[1] So personal way to know yourself [2] prayer is the only way to change [3] prayer is the only way to get all the gifts GOD wants to give you. The Bible tells us HE wants to give you a love & wisdom & joy & all kinds of things...

But here's the thing, it's not safe for HIM to give you those things — unless you are a person of prayer.

it's not safe.

I actually won one of the things simple fact of that matter is I might have talked to somebody who became very wealthy early in life; he said was the worst thing that ever happened to him because he made a deal & it went beautifully & he made a ton of money.

And immediately instead of looking at that as either luck or the grace of GOD he said I am really hot spit. I'm great/unbelievable/smart.. I'm smarter than other people. I have more..

He said it was a disaster, he got very big ego, of course he made all kinds of boneheaded decisions because he was so sure his gut was the reason why he got rich.

So now his gut must always be right..

So you understand why if GOD gives you all the great gifts HE's got ready for you. If you haven't prayed it would be the worst thing for you?

You would take credit for this.

I must be better, not I'm more blessed!

No, that's not how your heart operates—meaning you're not gonna get the blessings GOD wants to give you, if you don't pray.

You're not going to know yourself: if you don't pray —you're not gonna change, if you don't pray, you're not gonna know GOD...if you don't pray.

You may know about GOD

You've got to learn to pray, you have to—there's no other way, it hurts you not to be a person of prayer — not just in life, also if you are trying to do some cutting edge ministry; it'll kill you. . .

1.] Now what do we do?

How do we learn a little bit about prayer & what I'm gonna do is go to the LORD's Prayer. Let me read you the LORD's Prayer, & what comes right before it & let me just walk through it for a bit.

And I can't possibly cover everything, we'll have a Q&A afterwards—but it's awfully good sometimes to take a helicopter ride over a subject.

And just look at all the parts of it—at least even tho you can't go into much detail, but let me read you this is of course for Matthew 6:9-13

JESUS says & when you pray do not be like the hypocrites for they love to pray standing in the synagogues & on the street corners to be seen by others..

Truly I tell you, they've received their reward in full—but when you pray, go into your room close the door & pray to your FATHER WHO is unseen.

Then your FATHER WHO sees what is done in secret, will reward you & when you pray do not keep on babbling like pagans.

For they think they will be heard because of their many words. This is how you pray:

Our FATHER in Heaven,

Hallowed be YOUR Name, YOUR Kingdom come, YOUR will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us today our daily bread, Forgive us our debts as we have forgiven our debtors & lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your Heavenly FATHER will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive others their sins, your FATHER will not forgive you your sins

Now let's just notice these things:

[1] There's a foundation for prayer [2] We'll look at the kinds of prayer & then [3] We'll close with a just looking at a key to it; the foundation for prayer is your relationship with GOD.

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This Verse Secretly Undermines All of Christianity...

I just saw this and thought I would process it on my own.

This YouTuber doesn't sound like he's explored much beyond mainstream Western Christianity. He makes the bold statement that EVERY Christian sect finds indispensable the idea that Christ died on the Cross "for our sins". Period.

For the longest time I found that challenging too. He goes on to talk about many of the same things I've asked, "Why couldn't God just forgive us outright? Why must he go through a generational pageant to do something the God of the Universe could have done of his own accord in the first place?"

You can say this is a dumb question. I've been told this many times.

Yet I have never been the only one asking this.

Many, if not all Atheists ask this question. Frankly, many "Christian" answers sound a little unhinged.

Now, I don't think that his examples necessarily contradict the prevailing point of view though. All anyone has to do is look at the banking industry to see that credit on future earnings is a valid payment method. Now it's true that modern banking, and especially credit, wasn't developed until the European Jews, unable to make a living any other way, started lending during the medieval period. Jesuits came up with the idea of insurance, which didn't technically fall under the prohibition against usury. And with ongoing innovation, modern financial markets developed.

None of these, of course, would have been understood by the local people of Jesus' time and place.

What was understood was life and death.

And this is where I found my peace.

Sins can easily be forgiven, but sickness and eventual death? That's a whole other nut to crack. Now, to be clear, unfortunately even the most traditional Christian communities have started to obsess about how SIN must be atoned!

But there is a strain in the oldest Christian traditions that it wasn't primarily sin that was destroyed on the cross, but rather death, disease, corruption (of which sin is a derivation to be sure, but not the point).

Now it's easy to look around and say - "Look! it didn't work." I myself have had to say good bye to both my parents over the last several months.

However, there is a resurrection that is promised. And if Christ has done what he said he did, then there WILL be a general resurrection.

The key is to be prepared for that resurrection. Now we could go on about which denomination is best prepared, but I have little faith in denominationalism. I think it's a means to conquer and divide the faithful, pitting follower against follower. Soon the God who's being worshiped isn't the most High God, but the Deceiver who encourages us all to call each other heretics. I do not think most "Christians" are Christian, but rather following their own wisdom (1 Timothy 6:3-5, 2 Thessalonians 2:11, Matthew 7:13-14, Matthew 24:11).

Now I may be a false teacher myself for thinking such a thing and putting it out there, but I have faith that God will know his own. And while he loves the rest, and has given them life, that life will be so much less for the fact that they reject what he's given them.

I find the idea of a river of fire helpful - Moses and the Glory of God (Exodus 33:20-23), speaks to the idea that to human senses, God is Fire. The Story of the Three Holy Youths (Daniel 3) has also been seen as an illustration of man abiding in the presence of fire, as a proxy for God, unharmed. Pentecost is God's fire experienced by the faithful after his resurrection. How will Gods fire be experienced by the unfaithful?

I have no idea, but I doubt that it will be pleasant (Luke 16:19-31).

In short, I feel this video failed to land it's point. There's enough diversity in Christianity to survive this argument, though I do not think that most modern Christians are open to my resolution.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have mercy upon me, a sinner.

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The Lord’s Prayer

9 “After this manner therefore pray, ‘Our Father Who are in Heaven, hallowed be Your Name.

10 “Your Kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.

11 “Give us this day our daily bread.

12 “And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

13 ���And lead us not into trial. But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory forever. Amen.’ — Matthew 6:9-13 | Revised Geneva Translation (RGT) The Revised Geneva Translation of the Holy Bible; © 2019 by Five Talents Audio Cross References: Exodus 34:7; 2 Samuel 7:26; 1 Chronicles 29:11; Ruth 1:6; Psalm 22:28; Psalm 32:1; Psalm 103:20; Proverbs 30:8; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 23:9; Matthew 26:42; Luke 11:12; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 John 5:18

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~ Scriptures about forgiveness ~

Matthew 6:15 "But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

Ephesians 4:32 "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."

Colossians 3:13 "Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive."

Daniel 9:9 "To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him."

Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

Proverbs 10:12 "Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses."

Micah 7:18 "Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love."

Mark 11:25 "And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

Luke 17:3-4 "Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him."

Luke 6:37 "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:"

Matthew 6:14 "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:"

1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Isaiah 1:8 "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

James 5:16 "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

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“Then Jesus said to them, “Why are you fearful? Have you lost your faith in me?” Shocked, they said with amazement to one another, “Who is this man who has authority over winds and waves that they obey him?” —Luke 8:25 (TPT)

“But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” —Matthew 9:12‭-‬13 (ESV)

“But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.” —Isaiah 64:8 (ESV)

“Jesus explained, “I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. No one comes next to the Father except through union with me. To know me is to know my Father too.” —John 14:6 (TPT)

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Revelation 21: How Firm a Foundation

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The Reluctant Brothers Who Didn't Believe

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