God Talk #2 - September 21, 2008 AM
Dave Marttunen
The Great Commandment - loving God with our heart, soul, mind and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves - shapes our prayer life. We cannot love God and harbor resentment, nurture bitterness, or ignore forgiveness. Our prayer is nurtured by our love for God (which defines what is best) and our love for people (wanting God’s best for them). For this reason our prayers always lead us to self-examination, and humility. We adjust to what God wants. Our prayers for others demonstrate our own spiritual maturity. We pray what we know, what we desire, what we experience. Shallowness, immaturity, and disobedience hamper our prayer life. Growth, maturity, and development in Christ all lead us to pray with increasing effectiveness and thankfulness
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Dave Marttunen
The Great Commandment - loving God with our heart, soul, mind and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves - shapes our prayer life. We cannot love God and harbor resentment, nurture bitterness, or ignore forgiveness. Our prayer is nurtured by our love for God (which defines what is best) and our love for people (wanting God’s best for them). For this reason our prayers always lead us to self-examination, and humility. We adjust to what God wants. Our prayers for others demonstrate our own spiritual maturity. We pray what we know, what we desire, what we experience. Shallowness, immaturity, and disobedience hamper our prayer life. Growth, maturity, and development in Christ all lead us to pray with increasing effectiveness and thankfulness
Study Questions
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