Among our hopes in starting this series on the Lord's Prayer is to let Christ "re-teach" us how to pray, and so, correct us in our wrong practices and attitudes, a reality that has slowly crept into the Church’s practice of prayer.
A good way to do that is to go back to the teachings of fellow faithful Christians, particularly, the Reformers of the 16th century and the Puritans of the 17th century. Their wealth of literature on the subject of prayer will be most helpful for us today.
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It is our joy that we were able to go through what has been our longest book series throughout the history of our local church. For the past nine months, it has been our hope that, in one way or another, whether in our physical or in our digital way of gathering, that we have savored our opportunity to study & ponder upon God’s person & plan as He revealed those in the book of Revelation.
O God,
We praise You, for all authority in the universe belongs to You. “There is no authority except from me, and those that exist have been instituted by me.” (Romans 13:1) “You, Pilate, would have no authority over my Son at all unless it had been given you from me.” (John 19:11) There are always two sides in every celebration: the thankfulness and gratitude as we look back and the excitement and expectation in moving forward. As we at Joy in Christ would be celebrating another anniversary this September, it is our hope to not only for us to look back with grateful hearts, but to be motivated to move forward, as well.
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