July 25, 2013
by Matt Klingler
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Prayer
| Tags: Prayer, Alone, Missing, Joy, relationship with God, Pray
If you are like me, you find your prayer life lacking. Just like someone who is outside of a relationship with God, we are missing out on the immense benefits of prayer. Outside of a conversational relationship with God, here is some of what you are missing in prayer.
You are not alone. You are in the hands of the powerful God. You are found. You are a part of His grand...
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July 16, 2013
by Matt Klingler
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Category:
Prayer
| Tags: Pray, Confess, Sin, Repent
If we do not confess our sin to God and close friends in our church body, we are saying that our sin is better than Jesus, and that His death and resurrection is not sufficient for our forgiveness. He is better. We are completely and finally forgiven by faith in His life, death, and resurrection.
Confessing sin is like a deep refreshing breath because things are set rig...
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July 15, 2013
by Matt Klingler
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Category:
Prayer
| Tags: Confess, Sin, Repent, Forgive, Forgiveness, Rejoice, Mercy
Sin will kill you. Which is just another way to say you will kill you; which is just another way to say, God will not tolerate sin; which is just another way to say there is life and joy in obedience. We need a change of course. Normally we respond to sin in one of two ways: Self-denial or self-improvement. Both send our lives into a sort of death spiral, orbiting around o...
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July 3, 2013
by Matt Klingler
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Category:
Prayer
| Tags: Pray, Prayer
There’s one way to learn to pray: 1) Pray. However, there’s lots of ways to pray. Here are some nuts and bolts of prayer, a scattered pile of different ways to pray. Pick and choose, be free to fail. A real conversation is never clean, and maybe these will help you get it running.
God has brought us into a family, that we would talk to “our†Fa...
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July 1, 2013
by Matt Klingler
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Category:
Musings
| Tags: Prayer
Why feed your cat? Why drink water? Why fuel your car? Why talk to your wife, or your dad? Why Pray? What is the common theme in these questions?...
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