believers are to pray. But you may say, “I thought that as a Christian, I was already forgiven. Why do I need to pursue forgiveness?” The answer is that the Bible teaches two kinds of forgiveness. There is the judicial or legal forgiveness we received when we trusted Christ. In the courtroom of heaven, our sin debt was paid and our sin account was closed. When God forgave you, He took care of your sins past, present, and future, so that your sins will never come up again before God with regard to