Encouragement for life following in the footsteps and way of Jesus.
Today’s prayer “In Heaven” is the second in a series of prayers working through what is known as 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 communicating and living life with the Father. You should begin by reading last week’s prayer entitled “Father.”
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Today’s prayer “Father” begins a series of prayers working through what is known as 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 communicating and living life with the Father. We’re going to walk through it in the weeks ahead and see what we can learn from Jesus on praying beginning with the way we address God—as Father.
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Come abide in me. This is the primary invitation of Jesus and should be the deepest desire and cry of His followers. There is nothing better than to know Him and be with Him. A prayer from reflection on Matthew 11v28-30, Luke 11v5-13 and John 15v1-8.
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We can’t love others until we know what it is to be loved, until we receive Love. We must constantly remind ourselves of this as we strive to figure out how to be loved by God while loving others in His name. It is a process that the Spirit walks with us in great patience and gentleness. We won’t be perfect and that is okay. God sees that our hearts’ desire is for Him. Don’t be afraid of messing up or failing because it will happen no matter how hard we try to prevent it. The beauty is that God’s grace covers us and this frees us to get up, to keep pursuing God knowing that He is better than anything else in this world and to continue to love others for His glory.
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