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BECOMING A MAN OF PRAYER

BECOMING A MAN OF PRAYER. Based on “Becoming A Man of Prayer: A Seven-Week Strategy Based on the Instructions of Jesus” – By Bob Beltz. MBC First Light Summer Session. Forgive Us Our Sins As We Forgive Those Who Sin Against Us. Mike Cauldwell – July 10, 2019. A Working Model &

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BECOMING A MAN OF PRAYER

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  1. BECOMING A MAN OF PRAYER Based on “Becoming A Man of Prayer: A Seven-Week Strategy Based on the Instructions of Jesus” – By Bob Beltz MBC First Light Summer Session

  2. Forgive Us Our Sins As We Forgive Those Who Sin Against Us Mike Cauldwell – July 10, 2019

  3. A Working Model & Seven-Week Strategy

  4. Purpose • Provide a prayer time tool to receive and dispense forgiveness.

  5. Performance • In virtually every area of our life we are evaluated based on our performance: • Athletic teams • Academic achievement • Jobs and careers • Our Family • Can we name some other areas we are evaluated based on our performance?

  6. Becoming a Christian • The one experience in our life which is not based on performance. • We become Christians based on our failure and Jesus Christ’s performance. • Becoming a Christian is an act of grace – God’s grace. • “By grace you have been saved.” Ephesians 2:8 • The good news (Gospel) proclaims that we are not accepted on the basis of our performance.

  7. What is Grace • Divine grace is a theological term present in many religions. It has been defined as the divine influence which operates in humans to regenerate and sanctify, to inspire virtuous impulses, and to impart strength to endure trial and resist temptation; and as an individual virtue or excellence of divine origin.

  8. Being a Christian • There’s much more to being a Christian than the initial experience of receiving God’s grace. • We are “justified” – declared righteous – a one time act. • We began a process of transformation which is related to our daily relationship with God. • Our daily experience is related to our performance. • When we fail, fellowship is impaired. • We need “daily grace.”

  9. Forgiveness and Sin • Most men lead lives of self-deceptive destruction. • Very few take sin seriously. • We treat it as a small problem to be dealt with in trivial ways. • What are your thoughts on sin?

  10. Futile Solutions • EXISTENTIAL ANGST - Every religious and philosophical system in the world attempts to define what people really need to deal with the problems and difficulties of existential angst, those internal struggles and conflicts of daily living that plague unredeemed humanity. • Gnostics – More education • Eastern Philosophy – Discover our innate deity and escape the world of material illusion • All these philosophies and religions still leave us with true moral guilt.

  11. Forgiveness • To facilitate daily grace Jesus taught us our prayer should be a time of confession and forgiveness. • “Forgive us our sins.” Luke 11:4. • “Forgive our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” Matthew 6:12 • “debt” – opheilema – one person owing money to another. • In Matthew 6, it is used metaphorically for our debt to God.

  12. Forgiveness • Colossians 2: 13-14 • 13: When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[a] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14: having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.

  13. Forgiveness • Our written charge or code has been canceled. • “written code” – cheirographon – business term used in the first century for a note or certificate of debt. • Epigraphon – list of charges drawn up against a convicted criminal in the Roman court system. • When debt has been paid – tetelesthai – “paid in full.” • In capital offenses the Romans would nail the written charge to the top of the cross. • What did Pilate have written on the top of Jesus’ cross?

  14. Forgiveness • What Paul tells us in Colossians 2:13-14 is that from God’s perspective it was our written charge, our cheirographon that was nailed to the cross of Christ. • This certificate is a history of all the sin, trespass, and transgression of our lives – past, present, and future.

  15. Forgiveness • Most translations read that Jesus’ cry was “It is finished” John 19:30. • However, if you look at the Greek text, this cry was one word, “Tetelesthai!” … “Paid in full!” • What are your thoughts on forgiveness?

  16. Experiencing Forgiveness • “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 • Experiencing forgiveness in 4 stages.

  17. Experiencing Forgiveness • Stage 1 – Getting Honest • “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” (Psalm 139:23-24) • Ask the Holy Spirit to show you specific sins you need to confess. • Also make a list of character flaws that seem to be the sources of struggle.

  18. Experiencing Forgiveness • Stage 2 – Confession • Confess – agree with the Holy Spirit about your sin. • Reformed – confession is primarily addressed to God without an intermediary. • James 5:16 – share our struggles and failures with supportive brothers.

  19. Experiencing Forgiveness • Stage 3 – Change • You should fully expect that over time God is going to work in your life to bring change and transformation in the areas of your character that have caused you to struggle. • Are we willing to let God change us?

  20. Experiencing Forgiveness • Stage 4 – Forgiveness and Restitution • Are we willing to forgive those who have sinned against us? • Without this forgiveness, our inner life becomes filled with negative emotions. • Having received grace, we are to dispense grace. • Restitution – we attempt to make things right.

  21. Assignment • Work on the “Experiencing Forgiveness” section in your prayer notebook. • Carefully read Psalm 51 and Psalm 32 every other day this week. • Under A, make a list of the ongoing defects of your character which give you the greatest problems (i.e. envy, lust, coveting, foul language, etc.)

  22. Assignment (cont.) 4. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you specific sins that need confession. Be open and honest. 5. Confess (agree with) you sin. Thank Jesus for His forgiveness. 6. Under capital B, make a list of those people who have “sinned against” you. Remember to include mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, sisters, and brothers. Make a decision to begin to forgive these offenses.

  23. Assignment (cont.) 7. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you any people to whom you need to make restitution and what that restitution needs to be. 8. Make restitution. 9. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you pray 25 minutes per day, 5 days this week. 10. Pray through your outline, using your notebook, adding this section on forgiveness.

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