God Centered Life

It becomes part of the nature of a born-again Christian to forgive those around them because they have been forgiven so much themselves. That is what real Christians are likeforgiveness is in their nature now.

It becomes part of the nature of a born-again Christian to forgive those around them because they have been forgiven so much themselves. That is what real Christians are likeforgiveness is in their nature now.

I was taught to define mercy like this: Grace is God giving us what we don't deserve; mercy is God not giving us what we do deserve. In this story, the tax collectors and the Pharisees energize the story as Jesus teaches about mercy.

I was taught to define mercy like this: Grace is God giving us what we don't deserve; mercy is God not giving us what we do deserve. In this story, the tax collectors and the Pharisees energize the story as Jesus teaches about mercy.

It is ironic that the most practical part of the Lord's Prayer has become the most theoretically debatedpraying for our daily bread. Jesus is modeling for us how to pray for our daily sustenance. Maybe we don't think it's literally about food because many of us don't have to worry about having enough to eat each day.

It is ironic that the most practical part of the Lord's Prayer has become the most theoretically debatedpraying for our daily bread. Jesus is modeling for us how to pray for our daily sustenance. Maybe we don't think it's literally about food because many of us don't have to worry about having enough to eat each day.

One of the ways we discover who God is is by praying, and we ask him to show himself to us. And yet, a wrong idea of God leads to wrong approaches to prayer. As we study the Lord's Prayer, we are being led to encounter and experience the real God.

One of the ways we discover who God is is by praying, and we ask him to show himself to us. And yet, a wrong idea of God leads to wrong approaches to prayer. As we study the Lord's Prayer, we are being led to encounter and experience the real God.

If we could just do one thing to improve our individual prayer lives, it would be to structure our prayers like the Lord's Prayer. Start with praying for God's will and the advance of his Kingdom, and only after that begin to pray for ourselves.

If we could just do one thing to improve our individual prayer lives, it would be to structure our prayers like the Lord's Prayer. Start with praying for God's will and the advance of his Kingdom, and only after that begin to pray for ourselves.