Kingdom Prayer:The Cross of the Lords PrayerPastor Timothy Chan

Chinese Grace Bible ChurchSunday, February 19, 2012

IntroductionForgiveness is at the center of all kinds of ________________ and at the crux of ____________________.relationshipsChristian theology

IntroductionForgiveness is the key to applying Kingdom realities into our present life. We increase our ______________ in asking for divine forgiveness if weconfidence

Matthew 6:9-15 (NIV 1984)9 This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

Matthew 6:9-15 (NIV 1984)10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 6:9-15 (NIV 1984)11 Give us today our daily bread.

Matthew 6:9-15 (NIV 1984)12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matthew 6:9-15 (NIV 1984)13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Matthew 6:9-15 (NIV 1984)14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 6:9-15 (NIV 1984)15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Ephesians 4:32 (NIV 1984)32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Recognize the ______________ of our ______________ and of His _______________magnitudeimperfectionperfection

Matthew 18:22 (NIV 1984)22 Jesus answered, I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

Romans 5:8 (NIV 1984)8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Psalm 103:8-12 (NIV 1984)8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

Psalm 103:8-12 (NIV 1984)9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;

Psalm 103:8-12 (NIV 1984)10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.

Psalm 103:8-12 (NIV 1984)11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;

Psalm 103:8-12 (NIV 1984)12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

1 John 1:9 (NIV 1984)9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Hebrews 10:26-27 (NIV 1984)26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,

Hebrews 10:26-27 (NIV 1984)27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

Recognize the ______________ of our ______________ and of His _______________magnitudeimperfectionperfectionA. We are used to __________ and _______________ the gravity of our depravity.hidingneglecting

Recognize the ______________ of our ______________ and of His _______________magnitudeimperfectionperfectionA. We are used to __________ and _______________ the gravity of our depravity.hidingneglectingB. God will never grow weary of forgiving if we plead in ____________.sincerity

Matthew 6:14-15 (NIV 1984)14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 6:14-15 (NIV 1984)15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Discover the __________ of divine forgivenessprimacy

Ephesians 4:31-32 (NIV 1984)31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

Ephesians 4:31-32 (NIV 1984)32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Luke 23:33-34 (NIV 1984)33 When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminalsone on his right, the other on his left.

Luke 23:33-34 (NIV 1984)34 Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

Jeremiah 31:34 (NIV 1984)34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, Know the LORD, because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:34 (NIV 1984)For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.

Discover the __________ of divine forgivenessprimacyA. Forgiveness is more important than ___________: a ______________ to heedworshipcorrection

Mark 11:25 (NIV 1984)25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.

Matthew 5:23-24 (NIV 1984)23 Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Matthew 5:23-24 (NIV 1984)24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

Discover the __________ of divine forgivenessprimacyA. Forgiveness is more important than ___________: a ______________ to heedworshipcorrectionB. Forgiveness is a simple and searching ____________ in Kingdom living: a __________ to makeprincipledecision

Discover the __________ of divine forgivenessprimacyA. Forgiveness is more important than ___________: a ______________ to heedworshipcorrectionB. Forgiveness is a simple and searching ____________ in Kingdom living: a __________ to makeprincipledecisionC. Forgiveness is anti-cultural it is not based on our _________: an act of ____________ by faithfeelingsobedience

Discover the __________ of forgiving one anotherbenefits

Matthew 6:14-15 (NIV 1984)14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 6:14-15 (NIV 1984)15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Discover the __________ of forgiving one anotherbenefitsA. Forgiveness is not a ________, but a real _______ for our woundslabelcure

Discover the __________ of forgiving one anotherbenefitsA. Forgiveness is not a ________, but a real _______ for our woundslabelcureB. Forgiveness removes ____________ from the pasttoxicity

Discover the __________ of forgiving one anotherbenefitsA. Forgiveness is not a ________, but a real _______ for our woundslabelcureB. Forgiveness removes _________ from the pasttoxicityC. Forgiveness mixed with ________ yields the greatest potencyfaith

Final RemarksWhat if we do not have the cross in our prayer?Are we spending too much time getting over forgiveness?