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“Forgive Us Our Debts/Trespasses” (Matthew 6:12)
Confession, repentance, and forgiveness are essential components of prayer.
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“Our Father, Who Art in Heaven” (Matthew 6:10)
Our study of the Sermon on the Mount brings us to the opening address of the Lord’s Prayer. We pray to “Our Father, who art in heaven.”
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Entering the Prayer Closet (Matthew 6:5-6)
Jesus taught His disciples to find a quiet place where they could be alone with God. We need this even more as the world gets more distracting.
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Divine Flashlight
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalms 119:105)
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Taste, See, and Sing! Loving and Craving God’s Word
God gives us His law, precepts, rules, and commandments, to show us how to live. He offers His promises. He gives us His testimonies, which prove that He is faithful and able to fulfill those promises. Do I read the Bible out of love, eagerness, or obligation?
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The Spirit of Truth in the Life of the Believer
The Holy Spirit will speak to us as a reflection of His nature. He is the Spirit of Truth (John 14:16–17; 16:13). This is who He is. His very essence is truth. God’s Word is true because the Spirit of Truth inspired it and illuminates it to us.
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The Authority of Scripture
The Holy Spirit inspired the writers of Scripture and directed them as they wrote. He guided the apostles to understand truths they were not ready to receive during Jesus’ earthly ministry (John 16:12–13), and these now appear in the pages of Scripture. This is not an ordinary book. Sadly, many Christians treat the Bible like…
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Special Revelation IV: Recording the Revelation of Jesus
The Bible is a book like no other. It is living and active because it is a divinely-inspired record of God’s revelation of Himself to mankind. Let us read and study that Word not so much to gain intellectual knowledge, but to come to know the Author and Source of all Truth.
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Spiritual Warfare II: Destroying Strongholds with the Sword of the Spirit
Since we are dealing with a spiritual enemy, our weapons are spiritual. In Ephesians 6, Paul refers to the Word of God as the “sword of the Spirit.” He then urges us to pray. Scripture and prayer are our two primary weapons. The sword of the Spirit is particularly useful for destroying strongholds.
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The Word, the Light, and the Lord
The Word of God is the light that leads us to God and shows us the path we should walk in. Jesus is the Word. He is the light. He is God incarnate.
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