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🗓️ 13 October 2020
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.1 | If you've ever felt like a JV prayer, you're in good company. |
0:16.8 | Even the apostles asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. |
0:19.5 | The good news is, just like any conversation you have with a person, it's a skill you can |
0:23.8 | learn. |
0:24.8 | We don't have time to dig in deep on this, but there are a few things worth noting in |
0:28.3 | the prayer Jesus teaches His followers that I want to highlight. |
0:31.4 | First, Jesus tells them to pray to the Father, not to Him. |
0:35.8 | If we aren't careful, we end up putting the three persons of the Trinity in a blender |
0:39.2 | and mixing them all up together as though they're the same. |
0:42.1 | While they are one and they are unified in their will and purpose, they're also distinct |
0:47.1 | in their roles. |
0:48.8 | In scripture, the most normative way we see prayer modeled is to pray to the Father, through |
0:53.0 | the Son, by the Spirit. |
0:54.8 | The Father is the supreme authority, and Jesus is the mediator between us and the Father, |
0:59.6 | and the Spirit empowers our prayers through the Son to the Father. |
1:03.6 | That's not to say we can't or shouldn't pray to the Son or Spirit. |
1:06.9 | It definitely enriches our relationship and deepens our understanding of God when we |
1:11.3 | think intentionally about which person of the Trinity we're praying to and talk to |
1:15.0 | them according to their roles. |
1:17.1 | The more we get to know Him, the more natural this will become. |
1:20.6 | In today's show notes, we'll link to two articles about this as well as our favorite |
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