OTHER SCRIPTURES REFERENCED (Besides Matthew 6:5-13; Luke 11:1-13):

(In order):

Mark 14:36; Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6; John 20:17; Hebrews 2;11; Ephesians 2:18; Psalm 139; Isaiah 6:1; Luke 22:42; James 1:17; 1 John 1:9; James 1:13; Matthew 4:1

(Other verses are listed below.)

OUTLINE:

1. God is PERSONAL – Our Father
2. God is POSITIONAL – in Heaven
3. God is PRAISEWORTHY – Hallowed by your name
4. God is POWERFUL – Your kingdom, Your will (God is sovereign)
5. God is PROVIDING – give us this day our daily bread
6. God is PARDONING – forgive us as we forgive others
7. God is PROTECTING – lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
8. The Prayer is Plural – Our Father, Give us, Forgive us, Lead us, Deliver us

WAYS TO BRING LIFE TO YOUR PRAYERS:

1. ACTS – adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication
2. THE MODEL PRAYER – use the Lord’s Prayer as a guide
3. PRAY SCRIPTURE – especially the Psalms
4. PAUL’S PRAYERS – use them as a guide – Eph 1:15-23, 3:14-21; Phil 1:9-11; Col 1:9-14.
5. CONCENTRIC CIRCLES – yourself, family, neighborhood/coworkers, community, nation/authorities, believers facing persecution, the lost. “Like the ripples in a pond when you throw a big rock into the water.”
6. ATTITUDE OF PRAYER – pray throughout the day as you are reminded of needs, situations, others, etc. (1 Thessalonians 5:17 – Pray w/o ceasing
7. HUSBANDS/WIVES pray together every morning, every night.
8. PRAYER PARTNERS – meet every so often to pray together
9. SPIRITUAL GROWTH – individual, church members, church as a whole.
10. PRAY FOR YOUR PASTOR(s), Elders, Deacons, Deaconesses, Sunday school teachers, children/youth workers, salvations, baptisms, God’s will.

When Paul used the word, “Proseuchomai” for prayer (Phil 1:9), it was his ATTITUDE that was on display. Just as Jesus said from the cross, “Yet not My will, but YOUR will be done.”