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Jon Fredricks
Today’s Scripture: Luke 11:1-4 NIV
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Luke 11:1-4 NIV
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
Matthew 6:9 NIV
This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
1) THERE'S A FAMILY IN THIS HOUSE
Genesis 2:18 NIV
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
1 John 4:20 NIV
… For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
Ecclesiastes 4:10 NIV
If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
Proverbs 27:17 NIV
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
Hebrews 10:22 & 25 NIV
let us draw near to God with a sincere heart … not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
2) THERE'S A FATHER IN THIS HOUSE
Isaiah 59:2 NIV
But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
Colossians 1:21 NIV
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
John 1:12 NIV
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
Luke 15:11-24 NIV
Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father.
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
