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  HOW TO PRAY AND HOW TO FAST
  by F.B. Meyer
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of praying in a direct,
simple, and earnest manner, with a filial spirit and a willingness to
forgive and restore others as God has forgiven and restored us.

Topics: "Forgiveness", "Prayer"
Scripture References: Matthew 6:9

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F.B. Meyer emphasizes the significance of the 'disciples' prayer' found
in Matthew 6:9-18, illustrating how its seven petitions resonate with
the deepest spiritual longings of believers across generations and
cultures. He stresses that prayer should be direct, simple, and earnest,
focusing on reverence and unselfishness, using collective pronouns to
foster a sense of community. Meyer highlights the importance of
approaching God with a filial spirit, embodying love, forgiveness, and
trust, while also recognizing that true forgiveness requires us to
extend the same grace to others that God has shown us.

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Matthew 6:9-18

This might more fitly be termed the “disciples’ prayer.†As we
tread its stately aisles, we cannot but think of the myriads who have
stood on the same pavement, and have found, in every age, that these
seven brief petitions express sufficiently their deepest and holiest
longings. Old men and little children, Roman Catholics and Protestants,
the servant and his master, east and west, stand together in this noble
temple not made with hands.

Prayer should be direct, simple and earnest.

It must be reverent, hallowing the Name; and unselfish, employing, we,
us, and our,-not “I,†“me,†“mine.†It must breathe the filial
spirit which cries, “Abba, Father.†It must be conceived in love and
breathe forgiveness and trust for the supply of all the hunger of our
nature. When God forgives, He forth-gives; that is, He casts out of His
hand and mind and memory every trace of our sin. We may claim that God
should repair as well as forgive; but we must be willing to deal with
all others as God has dealt with us.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/fb-meyer/how-to-pray-and-how-to-fast/
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