Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Our Father in Heaven!!!!!!!!!!!

 Do we pray with joy and confidence? When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, he gave them what we now call the Lord's prayer. This prayer from Jesus himself dares us to call God "Our Father" and boldly asks for all the things we need to live as his sons and daughters. We can worship, adore and approach God our Father with confidence and boldness because Jesus his only begotten Son has taught us about him and has opened heaven for us through his redemptive passion, death and resurrection.






 Jesus assures us that God answers all our prayers, though oftentimes not in the way and for what we may have asked for. When we ask for help, he responds with his mercy and grace. God is kind and forgiving and he expects us to treat and forgive others in a similar way. We can pray with confident faith because God is our Father who loves us as his children. God delights to give us what is good for us. His love and grace transform us "as our Heavenly Father is perfect."



 Through and with his grace and help, we can love and serve one another as
Jesus taught and showed us, with grace, mercy and loving kindness.
     Do we treat others as they deserve or as the Lord would, with grace and mercy? We pray to be forgiven in the manner that we forgive others" - do we really mean it?



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