Welcome today to our episode and looking forward to talking a little bit about a topic that we don't

like to talk about and that is fasting. Fasting and praying. How important is it? What does the Bible say

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Hey, friends. Welcome back. We're in Matthew chapter six, as you know. I was just thinking about

something today, and that is, whenever we get to these parts of the Bible where Jesus is actually

doing teaching, it's a recording of Jesus teaching. Have you noticed that we

really slow down? I don't do that on purpose, but it just seems as if when you get into the

teachings of Jesus, it's just so rich and so deep, so multifaceted. You just can't, you got to slow down, get the right-hand lane,

try slowly to see all the scenery. And, you know, we'll talk about narrative portions of the Bible,

stories in the Bible. And you can go a little bit more quickly with those because it's kind of

one thought in a big story. But when you get to the teaching of Jesus, you just kind of have to slow down.

We've been slowing down here for the last couple of days, and we're still right in the

middle of these red letters.

So we'll pick it up in verse number 15, which really is a clarification of part of the prayer of Jesus. So look at verse

number 14, actually verse number 14, where the Bible says, if you forgive men, their trespasses,

your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you forgive not men, their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you forgive not men,

their trespasses, neither will your father forgive your trespasses. And I think what Jesus is

speaking to there is a clarification of forgive as you forgive. And forgive me, Lord, as I forgive others, I think is the point I wanted to make.

And the point there is that my willingness to extend forgiveness is an indication of my seriousness

in asking for forgiveness. So Jesus is qualifying the sincerity of the motive of the person

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