TEACH ME TO PRAY

Pastor Bryan – TEACH ME TO PRAY

¹⁶ Always be joyful. ¹⁷ Never stop praying. ¹⁸ Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”

I Thessalonians 5:16-18

• Prayer should be our not our .

¹³ At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you. ¹⁴ Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.”

II Chronicles 7:13-14

WHAT DO WE SAY?

¹Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

Luke 11:1

⁹ Pray like this:

Our Father in heaven,
    may your name be kept holy.
¹⁰ May your Kingdom come soon.
May your will be done on earth,
    as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us today the food we need,
¹² and forgive us our sins,
    as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
¹³ And don’t let us yield to temptation,
    but rescue us from the evil one.

Matthew 6:9-13

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF PRAYER

        1.  Connect with God

• Our in heaven.

¹⁵ So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.^[h] Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”

Romans 8:15

        2.  Worship .

• Hallowed be your .

¹⁰ The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe.”

Proverbs 18:10

        3.  Pray first.

• Your Kingdom come your on earth as it is in heaven.

³³ Seek the Kingdom of God^[e] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”

Matthew 6:33

        4.  Depend on Him for .

• Give us this day our .

¹ I look up to the mountains does my help come from there? ² My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!”

Psalm 121:1-2

        5.  Get your with God and people.

• us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

⁹ But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.”

I John 1:9

        6.  Engage in .

• And do not lead us into but deliver us from the evil one.

¹² For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.”

Ephesians 6:12

        7.  Express faith in .

• For yours is the Kingdom and the and glory forever.

¹⁷ “O Sovereign Lord! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!” 

Jeremiah 32:17

¹³ And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang: “Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.”

Revelation 5:13