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This week, Pastor Joe's message is the fourth installment in a series entitled "Prayer 101".
Recap of Matthew 6:12-15
The “how-to” of prayer:
1. After requests related to God’s interests (desire for His name, His kingdom and His will) we then bring requests related to our needs
-for personal, temporal needs (food, clothing, shelter)
-for spiritual needs (need for daily cleansing to maintain temporal fellowship with God)
-for deliverance both from temptation and in temptation.
2. Jesus emphasizes the need to be forgiving people. Dangers in not forgiving:
-it blocks us from receiving God’s forgiveness on a daily basis (blocks our fellowship with Him)
-it build resentment in us which will affect us emotionally or physically
-it may bring God’s discipline into our lives (1 Corinthians 11; Hebrews 12)
-it reflects the standards of the world not the standard of Jesus Christ
