How You Should Pray
The Lord’s Prayer
SCRIPTURE:
Luke 11:2-4 NLT - Jesus said, "This is how you should pray: 'Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. Give us each day the food we need, and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And don't let us yield to temptation.’"
OBSERVATION:
One of the greatest challenges and blessings of the Christian walk is prayer. A blessing because we can bring our concerns, needs, and thankfulness to the Lord at any time. A challenge because most of us, myself included, neglect it. Often, we neglect to pray because we feel inadequate, lack time (usually self-imposed), or don’t understand what prayer offers in the life of the believer.
Luke 11:2-4 NLT - Jesus said, "This is how you should pray: 'Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. Give us each day the food we need, and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And don't let us yield to temptation.’"
OBSERVATION:
One of the greatest challenges and blessings of the Christian walk is prayer. A blessing because we can bring our concerns, needs, and thankfulness to the Lord at any time. A challenge because most of us, myself included, neglect it. Often, we neglect to pray because we feel inadequate, lack time (usually self-imposed), or don’t understand what prayer offers in the life of the believer.
Prayer is not a means to get one's own will done, but to cooperate with God in accomplishing His purposes.” He also said, “Prayer should head your list of priorities, for certainly the world around us desperately needs prayer,” and that it “will open the door for God to do a glorious work in these last days. – Chuck Smith.
The question remains: how can we reach a place of regular prayer? A place where we bring our needs, concerns, struggles, and gratitude to the Lord?
APPLICATION:
Andrew Murray wrote the following about the “school of prayer” in his book With Christ in the School of Prayer:
APPLICATION:
Andrew Murray wrote the following about the “school of prayer” in his book With Christ in the School of Prayer:
Blessed Lord! Whoever lives to pray, You can teach me to pray, me to ever live to pray. In this, You love to make me share Your glory in heaven, that I should pray without ceasing, and ever stand as a priest in the presence of my God.
Lord Jesus! I ask You this day to enroll my name among those who confess that they do not know how to pray as they ought, and specially ask You for a course in teaching in prayer. Lord! Teach me to wait with You in the school and give You time to train me. May a deep sense of my ignorance, the wonderful privilege and power of prayer, of the need of the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of prayer, lead me to cast away my thoughts of what I think I know, and make me kneel before You in true teachableness and poverty of spirit.
And fill me, Lord, with the confidence that with a teacher like You I shall learn to pray. In the assurance that I have as my teacher, Jesus, who is ever praying to the Father, and by His prayer rules the destinies of His Church and the world, I will not be afraid. As much as I need to know of the mysteries of the prayer-world, You will fold for me. And when I may not know, You will teach me to be strong in faith, giving glory to God. – Andrew Murray.
Lord Jesus! I ask You this day to enroll my name among those who confess that they do not know how to pray as they ought, and specially ask You for a course in teaching in prayer. Lord! Teach me to wait with You in the school and give You time to train me. May a deep sense of my ignorance, the wonderful privilege and power of prayer, of the need of the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of prayer, lead me to cast away my thoughts of what I think I know, and make me kneel before You in true teachableness and poverty of spirit.
And fill me, Lord, with the confidence that with a teacher like You I shall learn to pray. In the assurance that I have as my teacher, Jesus, who is ever praying to the Father, and by His prayer rules the destinies of His Church and the world, I will not be afraid. As much as I need to know of the mysteries of the prayer-world, You will fold for me. And when I may not know, You will teach me to be strong in faith, giving glory to God. – Andrew Murray.
PRAYER:
Jesus, teach us how to pray. Not just empty words repeated because You provided a model, but a sincere, heartfelt prayer. A space where we can lay down our burdens, struggles, and needs, and lift up our gratitude with thankful hearts. All while trusting that You listen and respond in Your time and Your way. Give me a heart dedicated to prayer. “You can teach me to pray, me to ever live to pray…”
“Lord Jesus! I ask You this day to enroll my name among those who confess that they do not know how to pray as they ought, and specially ask You for a course in teaching in prayer. Lord! Teach me to wait with You in the school and give You time to train me.”
Jesus, teach us how to pray. Not just empty words repeated because You provided a model, but a sincere, heartfelt prayer. A space where we can lay down our burdens, struggles, and needs, and lift up our gratitude with thankful hearts. All while trusting that You listen and respond in Your time and Your way. Give me a heart dedicated to prayer. “You can teach me to pray, me to ever live to pray…”
“Lord Jesus! I ask You this day to enroll my name among those who confess that they do not know how to pray as they ought, and specially ask You for a course in teaching in prayer. Lord! Teach me to wait with You in the school and give You time to train me.”
Prayer is not a duty—it's daily learning at Jesus's feet.
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