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gospelonlife.com slash partner. That's gospelonlife.com slash partner. What is holding you back from

truly trusting in God? From not just believing in his existence, but letting the power of his word

change how you approach daily

life, work, and relationships. In today's message, Tim Keller looks at one of Jesus' most

well-known teachings to explain how true faith begins when we stop trying to control our own lives

and start trusting in the God who knows exactly what we need.

This then is how you should pray.

Our Father in heaven, how it would be your name.

Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread, forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly father will also forgive

you. But if you do not forgive men

their sins, your father will not forgive your sins. This ends the reading of God's Holy Word.

Today, we look at the last aspect of the Lord's Prayer. This is the fourth week we've been looking at it.

And today we're going to talk about how God answers prayer. And to many people, this is the whole point of prayer.

The whole point of prayer is, how do you get God to give you things? How do you make

application for your needs? In a place like New York, we're so used to applications. All sorts

of application procedures, very lengthy and all sorts of audition procedures. And so we say,

all right, prayer is one. How do I do it? How do I get God? Isn't that the main

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