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Prayer, Confession, and Repentance: 3. Practical Steps
This article provides practical advice for including confession in our personal prayer time.
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Prayer, Confession, and Repentance: 1. A Necessary Habit
This article begins a three-part series, within a longer series about prayer. We will look at the role of confession and repentance in our prayers.
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Intercessory and Corporate Prayer
Prayer extends beyond just ourselves and God. We pray for others, including those we may not like, and we pray with others.
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The Words of Christ—Luke 18:9-14 (Pride)
Some thoughts about Luke 18:9-14, the parable of the Pharisee and tax collector.
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“It Is Finished!”
“It is finished!” Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, the weight of sin is taken from us and eternal life is obtained.
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Prayer and Forgiveness (Matthew 6:14-15)
“For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses” (Matthew 6:14-15).
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The Words of Christ—Mark 2:5-12 (With Thoughts About the “He Gets Us” Ads)
Some thoughts on the words of Christ in Mark 2:5-12 and John 8:9-11 in response to the “He Gets Us” ad campaign. Jesus “gets” us, but He also saves and forgives us. He loves us too much to leave us as He finds us.
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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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The Words of Christ—Matthew 18:23-35
Jesus told a parable about a man who had been forgiven an absurdly high debt who would not forgive a much smaller one. Let us forgive as we have been forgiven.
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Forgiving as Children of God
“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may prove yourselves to be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous” (Matthew 5:44-45.
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