Pray with Honesty

The Big Idea: Make no attempt to hide from God, for your soul needs daily forgiveness like your body needs daily bread.
Matthew 6:5-15 (p. 831)

Understanding Forgiveness:
1. To forgive is to “STOP and LEAVE”
2. Debt = that which is OWED
3. Forgiveness is not about the wrongdoing itself, but about the GUILT of the wrongdoer.

If Jesus purchased our forgiveness on the cross, once and for all, why are we instructed to ask for it on a daily basis?

1. CONFESSION is a powerful and liberating thing.
- Proverbs 28:13 (p. 567)
‭‭- 1 John 1:8-10 (p. 1054)

2. We need to continually EXPERIENCE the finished work of Jesus.
- 1 John 2:1-2 (p. 1054)


John 13:8-11 (p. 926)
You are clean in Christ; you just need your FEET WASHED
- Mark 16:7 (p. 876)

Forgiving others is a NATURAL TENDENCY for forgiven people.
- Matthew 18:21-35 (p. 844)

Two Reasons We Refuse to Forgive:
1. We are trapped in SHAME and BITTERNESS

2. We have an exaggerated sense of SELF WORTH
- 1 Timothy 1:15 (p. 1023)
- Romans 7:24-25 (p. 971)
- Romans‬ ‭8:1(p. 971)