245. How does calling upon God as "our Father" shape our prayers?
A. We pray with boldness and confidence, knowing that God is our "true Father" (that is, our loving and beloved Father), who wishes to help us.
John 14:13-14 Whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
Ephesians 3:11-15 This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
Hebrews 4:16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
B. We pray with and for all Christians, for we are all children of our Father in Heaven.
Ephesians 4:6 [There is] one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Galatians 3:26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
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