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Sat, 05 September 2015 09:58

Gary
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We can see in what everyone calls the Lords prayer only one change from the book of Matthew compared with the book of Luke:

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Matthew 6:9 In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11
Give us this day our daily bread.
12
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Matthew says forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, while Luke proclaims forgive us our sins as we forgive those indebted to us.

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Luke 11:1 Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”

2 So He said to them, “When you pray, say:

Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
3
Give us day by day our daily bread.
4
And forgive us our sins,
For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.”

Either way this is a good prayer to remember and to pray as often as the Spirit reminds us. God still forgives our sins as we forgive those who are indebted to us. Jesus said, "Offenses will come", and we know there is nothing we can do to stop them, they just happen sometimes when your dealing with your fellow man.

I like what Luke tells us after he gives this prayer:

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Luke 11:5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? 8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.

Because of our persistence in this prayer God will take care of us.

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9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

There's a lot of doctrines going around saying we should not ask God for anything. But to the contrary, the Lord is our helper and is there for us in time of need. The Bible clearly says those who "ask" "receives".

With this thought in mind we have to realize that a persons heart is towards the Lord and not using God for mere material things, because Jesus tells us, that those who seek First the Kingdom will know that our Heavenly Father provides what we need without us even asking. When we do ask we can know that the Lord is there for us.

God is for us and not against us. If God before us then who can be against us.

Gary

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