Encouragement for life following in the footsteps and way of Jesus.
In the words of Judah Smith, the greatest challenge is not your discipline, devotion, or focus. Your greatest challenge is believing the gospel. Barabbas provides us with a view of Jesus through the eyes of a monster.
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Today’s prayer “Forgiven to be Forgiving” is the sixth in a series of prayers working through the Lord’s prayer found in Matthew 6v9-13 and Luke 11v2-4. The Lord’s prayer is a teaching from Jesus on how to pray and provides us with a framework for living life with the Father. You should begin by reading the prayers “Father,” “In Heaven,” “Hallowed Be Your Name,” “Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done” and “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread.”
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In “Empty Prayers,” Connor confronts the reality that praying can be difficult. He reminds us though that we have a good and loving Father who knows us and wants to be with us.
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I’m working on forgiving God for my misunderstandings.
But first, some background.
I’ve made two observations that, at first glance, will seem unrelated. Stick with me.
Observation 1: People are angry about a lot of things (bold, I know).
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