Are You Feeling Down Today?

People-Centered Prayer
(b) Our Need For Forgiveness

“And forgive us our debts..” – Matt. 6:12

Human wisdom would make us think that we must come in repentance first before we dare ask the Lord for our daily bread.

The Prayer of Jesus teaches the exact opposite. Perhaps our natural reluctance to pray would only be made worse if we thought that our Quiet Time was going to be a negative experience!

Praying the way Jesus taught will bring us right into the Presence of the Lord Himself. And it is in His Presence that we will hear His Voice most clearly as He points out those things in us that grieve Him. Now that we have experienced afresh Who He is and how much He cares for us, all rebellion should melt away. Grieving the Lord should be the thing we want to avoid at all costs as our hearts open to Him.

“Forgive us” is an essential prayer in order that we may retain the preciousness of our Fellowship with Him.

Sin separates from God. When the Spirit of the Lord puts His Divine Finger on an area in your life, do not fight it, but repent immediately. (1 John 1:9).

To excuse our sins does not please the Lord. (Prov. 28:13).

Val Waldeck

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