Lord, Teach Us To Pray | Week 1 - James Sharp

Life Church | Salisbury NC Sermons

Over eight weeks, we will consider the substance of the Lord’s Prayer - prayerfully seeking to infuse that substance into our own prayers. We will seek to mold our prayers by our Lord’s model prayer, communing with our Father God as Jesus himself did. This week, we see the opening lines 'Our Father in heaven...' from Matthew 6:9a.
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat…” Luke 22:31

“but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail…” Luke 22:32

To all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12

“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” Matthew 17:5

“The vitality of prayer lies largely in the vision of God that prompts it. Drab thoughts of God make prayer dull.” - J.I. Packer

PRAYER PROMPTS
God is our Father.

• He loves you as fully and unfailingly as he loves Christ.
• What he says about Christ – “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased” (Matt 17:5) – he says about you through your faith in Christ.

God is in heaven.

• He is all-powerful, all-knowing, unchanging, eternal, infinite, and transcendent.
• Heavenly beings are right to cry out over him, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” (Isa 6:1).

God is our Father.

• As his son or daughter, you have immediate and unconditional access to God. You can come to him at any time, in any way, for any reason.
• Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Heb 4:16).

God is in heaven.

• God is utterly self-sufficient. Everything comes from him and depends upon him. He lacks nothing and needs nothing.
• “For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.” (Rom 11:36).

Our Father 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 forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory forever.
Amen.
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