Prayer: Greater is he that is in you

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Mat 6:13 The Reformation Study Bible says of this verse: “The forgiven pray this petition because they trust God and they distrust themselves. The Father may test us (Mat 4:1; Deut.
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Prayer: Reality check

8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him ou
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Prayer: Daily bread

Give us today our daily bread. Mat 6:11 The first half of the Lord’s prayer has taught us that God comes first and his glory is what we are primary after in everything that we do. The second half teaches to express our total dependence on him.
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Prayer: Bringing heaven to earth

Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Mat 6:10 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have
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Prayer: Kingdom first

Your kingdom come,…But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Mat 6:10,33 Often, we see prayer as an opportunity to bring our shopping list to God. “Dear God, please please would you h
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Prayer: What's in a name?

This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,…” Mat 6:9 Jesus gives us a model for prayer in which the beginning is all about God and not about us. The prayer starts with a series of imperatives, thing
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Prayer: The friendship and the fear

This then is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven,…’ Mat 6:9 Jesus teaches his disciples how they ought to pray. The opening line shows 2 powerful aspects of who our prayers are addressed to. Firstly, Our Father. We looked yes
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Prayer: Intimacy

7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Mat 6:7-8 I wonder if you have noticed how many ti
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Prayer: Audience of One

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father who is unseen. Then your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. Mat 6:6 Yesterday we knocked the public showy prayer, especially the one that is not backed
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Prayer – Check your heart

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. Matt 6:5 Sometimes it feels like Christiani
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