Grace - what we need here and now
Prayer - what we need to help us get from here to there
Salvation - where we are going
Grace and Mercy
Salvation
Prayer
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God’s main tool for helping us to get from receiving grace and achieving salvation
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Man speaking to God
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Active stopping, listening, confession, asking
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Matt 6.7-8
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Ask
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God will hear you
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God already knows what you need
How does this fit together?
How does the LORD want us to talk to him?
“OUR FATHER”
Matt 6.7-8
V11
V12
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Debt - everything that needs to be paid back
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Forgiving others is the harder part
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Especially because emotions are involved
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Leave the sins of others behind
V13
“Doxology”
Salvation progression
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Awareness
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Recognition
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Confession
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Request
See also Neh 9.14-21
God’s love encompasses the whole process.
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