Called To Pray. Study On Prayer And The Lord's Prayer. When To Pray. Part 1

2023.01.22 Called to Pray. Study on Prayer and the LORD’s Prayer. When to Pray.

William Akehurst, HSWC

Called to Pray. Study on Prayer and the LORD's Prayer. When to Pray.

PART 1

Scriptures referenced: Matthew 6:5-15; Jeremiah 33:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; 1 John 5:14-15; Matthew 7:7; Matthew 21:21-22; Mark 11:25; Matthew 6:6; Matthew 18:19-20; Acts 4:24; Acts 4:31; Galatians 4:6; Luke 22:39-46

Big Idea: Drilling down into “The LORD’s Prayer”

7 Prayers and Petitions of the Prayer JESUS taught the disciples.

Background from a few Scriptures that came to me regarding prayer.

CALLED TO PRAY

Jeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

WHEN TO PRAY…ALWAYS

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

16 Rejoice always,

17 pray without ceasing,

18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

EXPECTATIONS OF PRAYER

1 John 5:14-15 14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

A.S.K. ASK, SEEK, KNOCK

Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

ASK AND BELIEVE

Matthew 21:21-22

21 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.

22 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

WHEN YOU PRAY:

Matthew 6:5-15 (KJV)

HUMBLE PRAYER:

5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

PRAYER FROM WITHIN:

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

PRAY IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH:

7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

ASK AND RECEIVE:

8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

HOW TO PRAY:

9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

QUICK LESSON ON FORGIVENESS

14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

JESUS teaches about forgiveness and forgiving others.

How can we stand forgiven and not forgive others?

Short answer…We can’t

From GOD’s GRACE and MERCY, we have been forgiven.

We must show the same grace, mercy and forgiveness to others.

Mark 11:25 (NKJV) “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

WHEN OR WHERE TO PRAY

PRAY IN PRIVATE

Matthew 6:6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

PRAY TOGETHER

Matthew 18:19-20

19 “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”

PRAY TOGETHER, PRAY OUT LOUD

Acts 16:25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

SIMPLY…PRAY…AND GOD WILL DO THE REST.

Acts 4:24, 31

24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

Be Blessed and Be a Blessing,

Bill