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The Model Prayer
Contributed by Jim Drake on Nov 25, 2008 (message contributor)
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1. Prayer Nots
Contributed on Nov 25, 2008
What is your attitude when you pray? Before Jesus tells us how to pray, He tells us how not to pray.
“The highest activity of the human soul.” That’s what the great expository preacher Martyn Lloyd-Jones said about prayer. Prayer is one of the most important things we will ever do in our relationship with the Lord. It is so essential to who we are as Christians that one commentator compared it ...read more
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2. Hi Lord, It's Me
Contributed on Nov 25, 2008
We greet our children, we greet our spouse, we even greet strangers we meet on the street. How do we greet the Lord in prayer?
I’m sure it comes to no surprise to you that I enjoy reading old letters and books. It’s amazing to see how the style of writing has changed over the years. Even in my lifetime, writing has become a lot less formal. Many of the grammar rules that I grew up learning are not being used anymore ...read more
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3. Who's The Boss?
Contributed on Nov 25, 2008
The way you pray reminds you who is in charge. Before Jesus ever taught us to ask Him for anything, He tells us to recognize the One who is in charge of everything.
Years ago, when we lived in Gulfport, MS, my job was such that I had to spend a lot of time away from home. For 8 years, I averaged 300 days a year on the road. That’s a lot of nights away. Some of those were in field conditions. Some of them were in military billeting. But most of them were ...read more
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4. What I Want Or What I Need?
Contributed on Nov 25, 2008
How do you ask God for things?
As you know, this Lord’s Prayer is all part of what we know as the Sermon on the Mount. Just a few verses from where we are here… Jesus says something else about prayer. In chapter 7:7-11, He says, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ...read more
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5. Forgiveness
Contributed on Nov 25, 2008
Jesus has once and for all paid the price for our sin. But we daily continue to commit sin. Jesus’ once and for all forgiveness is applied daily—just like our forgiveness many times has to be applied daily.
Many of you are familiar with the story of Corrie ten Boom. Corrie ten Boom was a godly Christian woman who was Holocaust survivor. After the Germans invaded her home country of Holland, she hid Jews in her house to keep them from being sent to the concentration camps. After risking her life ...read more
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6. Don't Let Me Fail
Contributed on Nov 25, 2008
God is in control, therefore we can pray for Him to not lead us into temptation and deliver us from evil.
Tonight we come to the end of our study in the Lord’s Prayer. And we end right back where we started. We end with recognizing God for who He is. We end with praising Him for His kingdom. For His power. And for His glory. But before Jesus takes us there, He takes us to a much more difficult ...read more