Jesus, teach us how to pray
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· 39 viewsJesus' disciples saw him perform signs and wonders. They also took notice of how He spent time alone with the Father. Making the connection between the two they boldly approached Him and asked Him to teach them how to pray. Let's discover Jesus' answer to that very important questions.
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Larry Goes To Get Prayer For His Hearing
Larry goes to the revival and listens to the preacher.
After awhile the preacher asks anyone with needs to be prayed over to come forward to the front at the altar.
Larry gets in line, and when it's his turn, the preacher asks:
"Larry, what do you want me to pray about for you?"
Larry replies: "Preacher, I need you to pray for my hearing."
The preacher puts one finger in Larry's ear, and he places the other hand on top of Larry's head and prays and prays and prays.
After a few minutes, the preacher removes his hands, stands back and asks Larry: "Larry, how is your hearing now?"
Larry says, "I don't know, Reverend, it's not until next wednesday"
Have you heard about the atheist dial-a-prayer service?
When you call no-one answers
Two guys are walking through a game park & they come across a lion that has not eaten for days. The lion starts chasing the two men. They run as fast as they can and the one guy starts getting tired and decides to say a prayer, "Please turn this lion into a Christian, Lord." He than looks to see...
if the lion is still chasing them and he sees the lion on its knees. Happy to see his prayer answered, he turns around and heads towards the lion. As he comes closer to the lion, he hears the it saying a prayer: "Thank you Lord for the food I am about to receive."
when the family all sits down to eat dinner. Johnny immediately starts shoveling the food down. Johnny’s mother says ‘Johnny we need to say grace before we eat’ but Johnny continues eating. His mother says again ‘Johnny, we always says grace before we eat.’ Johnny stops eating for a moment and says to his mother, ‘but mom, we don’t have to say our prayers. We are at grandma’s house and she know how to cook!’
God finally answer my prayers for winning the $15 million lottery.
The answer is no.
Matthew 6:9–13 (NASB95)
“Pray, then, in this way:
‘Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
‘Your kingdom come.
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
‘Give us this day our daily bread.
‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’
Let’s Pray
What is Prayer?
What is Prayer?
Prayer is simply talking with God
talking and listening
Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
If God could speak to Moses just like a man speaks to his friend, before Jesus died and ressurected tearing the veil to the most Holy Place.
Now that we have forgiveness of sin and have received the gift of Holy Spirit how much more access do we have to the presence of God than Moses.
Jesus' disciples saw him perform signs and wonders.
They also took notice of how He spent time alone with the Father.
Making the connection between the two they boldly approached Him and asked Him to teach them how to pray.
Let's discover Jesus' answer to that very important questions.
Matthew 6:9–13 (NASB95)
“Pray, then, in this way:
‘Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
‘Your kingdom come.
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
‘Give us this day our daily bread.
‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’
Effective Prayer
Effective Prayer
Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.
The effective prayer is a prayer made in private not for the ears of people but God
The effective prayer is a prayer made in private not for the ears of people but God
“But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
“Pray, then, in this way
“Pray, then, in this way
Some believers have turned the Lord’s Prayer into something mystical as if the words themselves hold special sway with God.
For others, its statements are spoken out of habit or obligation, making it easy to daydream right through without attaching any meaning.
Which, of course, is the exact opposite of his intention for Jesus said
The effective prayer is a prayer that is meaninigful
The effective prayer is a prayer that is meaninigful
“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.
So obviously Jesus never intended us to just keep repeating these words over and over again.
It would be like having the exact conversation with someone over and over again.
Our Father, who is in heaven
Our Father, who is in heaven
You’re talking with the one who Loves you most!
Your Daddy Abba father
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!
Prayer is not about convincing God to do what your want.
rather refocusing what you want to realign with what God wants
‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
Hallowed be Your name
Hallowed be Your name
God is far beyond anything we could explain
Our understanding is so limited.
O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!
You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen,
And also the beasts of the field,
The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
The effective prayer is a prayer offered in humility
The effective prayer is a prayer offered in humility
and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
God is God....Its not up to Him to do our bidding
rather its up to us to conform to His desires
Thy Kingdom Come....Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Thy Kingdom Come....Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven
What is the Kingdom?
the domain of the King
Inside a Kingdom the King rules supreme, His Will is carried out in fullness
The Effective Prayer is a prayer that lines up with the Will of God!
The Effective Prayer is a prayer that lines up with the Will of God!
This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
God desires His will is carried out on earth just like it is in heaven.
fully and completely
By Jesus telling us to pray this into reality means God wants to partner with us in bringing His will to the earth.
Is God’s will being done on the earth?
not completely
God wants His will carried out on earth as it is in heaven
In heaven God’s will is carried out in fullness
one way to know God’s will is to see if what is happening on the earth is happening in heaven.
If its on the earth, but not in heaven......Its not God’s will
If its in heaven but not on the earth....God wants to bring it to earth!
Is there abortion in heaven? No
Then it safe to conclude God doesn’t want it on earth either!
But can we prayer out abortion? isn’t that too big a prayer?
The effective prayer is a prayer prayed in faith
The effective prayer is a prayer prayed in faith
“Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.
But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
Give us this day our daily bread
Give us this day our daily bread
not what you need next month,,,, or in 10 years.
but what do you need today
“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Take your needs to God, but don’t allow that to be the totality of your prayer time
The effective prayer is a prayer not just focused on selfish desire
The effective prayer is a prayer not just focused on selfish desire
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
“So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
Challenge.....Take the next 30 days and pray for the needs of others instead of your own
Challenge.....Take the next 30 days and pray for the needs of others instead of your own
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
part of our prayer time should also be the infusion of forgivness.
The effective prayer is a prayer that includes forgiveness
The effective prayer is a prayer that includes forgiveness
Asking Holy Spirit to reveal areas you have missed the mark, or come up short
Where you might have unconfessed sin!
the sooner you cut it off the less damage that sin can do!
Don’t just seek your forgiveness from God, but also seek to forgive those who have wronged you.
leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.
“But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.
‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
There is another sense in which we are to plead with God not to lead us into temptation.
The word temptation can also refer to trials.
We know from
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
God will not test us beyond our ability in Christ to bear it and will always provide a way out.
But God sometimes subjects us to trials that may expose us to Satan’s assaults for His own purposes, as in the cases of Job and Peter
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat;
but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”
If the temptation in the Lord’s Prayer refers to trials, then the meaning of Matthew 6:13 It is not wrong to pray that we may be delivered from trials and suffering, as long as we submit ourselves to the will of God, no matter what it is.
The believer can rightly ask to be delivered from testing as well as ask for the strength to endure it if it does come.
We might illustrate Jesus’ words “Lead us not into temptation” like this: a mother takes her young children grocery shopping with her and comes to the candy aisle.
She knows that taking her children down that aisle will only stir up greediness in their hearts and lead to bouts of whining and pouting. In wisdom, she takes another route
Whether we are asking for God to lead us away from sin or from difficult trials, our goal is found in the second part of verse 13: “Deliver us from the evil one.”
A petition similar to this is offered by David in
Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds of wickedness
With men who do iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
In all things, God is our deliverer, and we are wise to seek His power over sin.
The effective prayer is a prayer that rebukes evil
The effective prayer is a prayer that rebukes evil
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever
Jesus brings it back around
Its all about God’s Kingdom
His rule
His reign
He has the Power
and all the glory!
The effective prayer is a prayer that doesn’t end until an answer is received
The effective prayer is a prayer that doesn’t end until an answer is received
pray without ceasing;
With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,
saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.
“There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me legal protection from my opponent.’
“For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor respect man,
yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.’ ”
And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge said;
now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?
“I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”
Amen
Amen
Let it be so.
You come into agreement with God’s will
The effective prayer is a prayer where we come into agreement with God’s Will
The effective prayer is a prayer where we come into agreement with God’s Will