The Scripture makes it clear that we are in a great cosmic battle. It is not a battle against people. It is a battle against spiritual forces of evil that are trying to destroy the work of God—in the world, and in our lives. But God has equipped us, empowered us, authorized us, and called us to partner with him in accomplishing his purposes on the earth. And we do it primarily through prayer. This is a small group Bible study series by Buddy Owens from Saddleback Church. Download the study guide here: https://saddleback.com/watch/the-purpose-practice-and-power-of-prayer
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Hi.
And welcome back to our study of the purpose, practice and power of prayer. If you want to be like Jesus.
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It helps to know.
How to pray like Jesus.
To Jesus gives us a.
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Model.
For prayer in the Lord's Prayer.
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Certainly it is the most famous.
Prayer ever prayed.
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And we're going to look at the.
Principles that Jesus teaches.
In this prayer. And we're also.
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Going to look at.
The.
Relationships.
In the prayer.
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And we're going to look at the format.
Of this prayer.
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But I want to begin by inviting you.
To pray the prayer out loud.
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With me.
We'll be reading it from.
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The King James.
Version of the.
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Bible.
Because there's just something about this.
Prayer in the.
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King James version.
It just sounds so.
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Rich and beautiful. And hey, I'm teaching the.
Class, so I.
Get to call whatever version we use.
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So I grew up.
With this.
Prayer.
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In the King James.
So let's read this out.
Loud together right there in your group. Read it with me. Here we go. Our father, which art in heaven.
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Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy 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.
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And lead.
Us not.
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Into temptation.
But deliver us from evil.
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For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Now, notice in your outline.
That Jesus introduced.
The prayer by.
Saying This then is how you should.
Pray.
Notice that Jesus did not say This is what.
You should pray.
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He's not giving us and an incantation. He's not giving us magic.
Words that we repeat.
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Mindlessly and.
All of our dreams.
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Come true. He's not saying.
Well, this is what you should pray. He's saying, This is how this is a method. This is.
A pattern.
To follow. So what he's basically.
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Saying is when.
You pray, pray like this, and every phrase of this prayer represents.
A facet.
Of our.
Relationship with God.
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So we're going to look at the.
Relationships and the statements of trust.
That are represented in this prayer. And here's the first relationship.
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It's in.
Verse.
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Nine. You might want to write this down.
Jesus says.
Our father, which.
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Art in the heaven.
Now, here's the relationship. You are my father.
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I am your.
Child.
And here's the statement of trust I trust your love. You're my father.
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I am your child.
I trust your love. That's the first.
Relationship.
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Aren't you glad that we don't.
Pray.
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To a committee? We also.
Don't pray to some.
Nebulous, disinterested cosmic.
Force. We pray to a person. We pray to our Heavenly Father.
We pray to a.
Father.
Who loves us.
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Our Heavenly.
Father. Yes.
He is the king. Yes, he is our defender. Yes, he is the judge.
But he.
Rules. And he defends. And he judges us as a father.
He is first.
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And foremost.
Our Heavenly Father.
That's the relationship. He wants us.
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To know him by.
A perfectly.
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Loving, compassionate.
Father. His fatherhood is his primary identity for us.
Because as John 316.
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The most famous.
Verse in the.
Bible says, for God so loved.
The world.
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That He gave us only begotten.
Son. As a father.
He gave.
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His son.
He is the.
Father.
And He gave his son.
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So that we too, could become.
Sons and.
Daughters.
Through adoption, through Christ God wants us to know.
Him first and foremost. As a father, having.
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Been adopted into his family, God did not.
Adopt us as His.
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Children. Because He needed more children. He adopted.
You as his child.
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Because you were.
An orphan.
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Needed a father, and he loves you. And he's brought you into his family to show you how much he loves you. Now, for a lot of people, this is a difficult concept You may have had a.
Bad picture of what a father is like.
Because.
Of your earthly father.
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And his.
Failures.
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Your father might have been absent, might have been.
Abusive.
But nevertheless.
This is the picture that God gives us.
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If you want to know.
What a father.
Is supposed to.
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Look like, don't.
Look at your own father. Look at your Heavenly Father.
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There comes a time when we have to.
Stop.
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Trying to conform. God to the image.
Of our earthly fathers.
And instead.
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Allow God to transform us into the image.
Of His Son. And He wants us to know.
Him first and foremost.
As a father. So Jesus says.
Our.
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Father in heaven. And in the.
Next.
Phrase, he says.
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Hallowed be thy name.
Now, what does that mean? Well, in essence, it.
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Means your name is holy. Your name is.
To be worshiped.
What Jesus is saying is Father in heaven.
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Let your name be glorified.
The principle Jesus is teaching us is that.
Prayer.
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Begins.
With praise.
So let's think.
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About.
The father's.
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Name. Let your name be glorified. Hallowed be thy name. What are the names of.
God in Scripture? Well, he has many names. His name is.
Provider.
His name is.
Counselor.
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His name is.
Shepherd.
His name is.
Comforter.
His name is.
Father.
His name is Savior. He has many names in Scripture. And Jesus is saying, this is how.
You pray that first and foremost, you are my father.
And before I ask anything else.
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I want your name to be glorified.
So the question I have.
For you today in whatever need you're carrying.
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And.
Whatever prayer burden.
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You might.
Have on your heart today.
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Here's my question. By what name will God.
Be glorified.
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In the answer.
To your prayer?
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Do you need wisdom today? Then calling him call on him as counselor.
Are you grieving something today?
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Then call in the Lord as comforter. Is someone you know in love, distant from the Lord or doesn't know the Lord at all? Well, then call in the name of the.
Lord is Savior. Jesus is saying.
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What is the name.
Of the Lord that will be glorified in your prayer request? He teaches us to pray. Let your name be glorified.
He starts out with praise. And this is.
Important.
Because the Bible tells us in.
Several places.
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One in which Psalm 22 three. Another one.
Is is Isaiah six.
Verse.
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One. We see this picture that the Lord is enthroned on the.
Praises of His.
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People. He's in throne, on.
The praises of his people. Think about this. Every kingdom has a king.
And every king has a throne.
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And the throne of.
God rests on your praises.
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That means that when.
You are desperate for.
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The hand of God in your life.
For His rulership, for his authority, for his.
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Provision and care, you align.
Yourself with his.
Throne by praising.
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Him.
Because his throne.
Rests on our praises.
God's throne.
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Is not floating around in the.
Universe looking for a place.
To settle.
Instead, we are bringing ourselves.
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Into alignment with His rule.
And authority. When we praise him when we worship him.
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We make.
Ourselves available.
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To him.
You see, God's grace is always available to us. We just have to make ourselves available to His Grace.
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And we do.
That in worship and praise.
That's why Jesus says.
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Before I do anything else, I want your name to be glorified and what I'm.
Facing right now.
So Jesus says.
Here's how to pray. You start with worship. You start with praise.
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Our Father in Heaven hallowed be your name. He's saying the ultimate aim of.
Prayer.
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Is that the name of the.
Lord is glorified.
Now, let's look at the second.
Relationship and the prayer. Write this.
Down.
It's in verse ten.
Where Jesus says.
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Thy kingdom come.
So here's the.
Relationship.
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You are my king. I am your.
Subject. And here's the statement of trust. I trust.
Your authority.
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What is the kingdom? Of God? The Kingdom of God.
Is wherever God is.
King.
Very simple. It's wherever God is.
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King. If God is king in heaven, then the Kingdom of God is in heaven. If God is.
King in your heart.
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And the Kingdom of.
God is in your heart.
Jesus said the.
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Kingdom is within you. And among you. If God is.
King in your home.
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Then the Kingdom of God is in your home. If God is king in your business, then the Kingdom of God is in your business. The Kingdom of God.
Is wherever God.
Is.
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Made king.
It's wherever He is.
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Given rule and authority. So when you.
Pray, your.
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Kingdom come, you're.
Saying, Lord, I want your.
Ways. I want your values.
I want your authority. I want your.
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Sovereignty. I surrender to that. That's what I want in my life. I want your kingdom to come and.
Take.
Rule over my little.
Piece.
Of the earth. Over my part of life. I want my heart.
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To become your throne room. I want you to come and.
Take the seat of.
Authority.
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And become the king of my life.
So having prepared the throne room of your heart with praise.
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Now you invite his entry into whatever is going on in your life. You invite him to come and take.
His seat.
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As your king. Well, now let's look.
At the third relationship.
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It's also in verse ten Jesus says, thy will be done.
And here's the.
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Relationship. You are my master. I am your.
Servant. I trust your.
Wisdom.
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That I not only surrender.
To the sovereignty.
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Of my king.
But I surrender to.
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The will and the.
Wisdom of.
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My master. I want things to be done the way he.
Thinks they.
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Should be done.
Your will be.
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Done.
Is.
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Probably the greatest.
Statement of faith.
In the prayer.
It's a statement.
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Of.
Trust that requires.
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A complete letting go before you've made any request.
To God.
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You have surrendered to His sovereignty, and you.
Have surrendered to his.
Wisdom.
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Your kingdom come.
Your will be.
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Done. And it.
Requires.
That you truly.
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Believe that God.
Knows what is best.
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That He wants.
What is best.
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And that you want. What He knows.
Is best.
For you. That's what you're praying.
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When you say your kingdom come.
Your will be.
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Done. Now look at the next.
Phrase and the prayer on earth.
As it is in heaven. What you're saying is.
Let the order.
And wisdom.
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Of heaven.
Bring order and.
Wisdom.
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Into my life.
That's what you're asking.
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Let the order and.
Wisdom of heaven, the sovereignty.
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And.
Wisdom of heaven.
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Bring.
Order and wisdom.
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Into my life. And there's a little word in that phrase.
That I want you to look at. It's a two letter word.
It's the word.
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As your kingdom come, your will be done on earth.
As it is in heaven. It's a little.
Word with.
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Huge meaning. Actually, it.
Has.
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Two meanings. You might want to write this down as can mean.
Just like or just.
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When I give you an example.
Someone says she's as pretty as a picture.
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In that case.
The word.
As means like. Or I could say as I was.
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Walking down the street, I tripped over the dog. In that.
Case, as means.
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When.
When I pray.
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Let your kingdom, your sovereignty.
Your authority, and let your.
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Will and wisdom be done in my.
Part of earth.
Just like.
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And just when it is done in heaven, I'm not only releasing the outcome.
Of the prayer.
I'm releasing the.
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Timing into God's.
Hands. I'm saying.
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To God.
I.
Trust you for.
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The answer And I'm trusting you that the timing will be.
Exactly as.
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You want it to be, that it will happen the way you want it to happen. And when you want it to happen.
You're saying I trust your ways.
And your.
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Timing.
So this is.
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Not coming to God with a whatever.
Kind of prayer.
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We make.
Our case before.
God.
Based on.
His Word. You come before the Lord and you say, Lord.
You said this in your word.
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And I'm Holy for you.
To your word today. Lord, you.
Did this before. So I know.
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Who you are. I know what you can do. And I'm asking you to do it again. But do it in the way that you want to do it.
Now, some people say, well.
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Why.
Pray if God.
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Already knows what he's going to do?
Well, one of the.
Reasons, quite honestly, is we pray because God commands us to.
You see, prayer is an opportunity to learn to trust God.
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Prayer is not about conforming God to my will. Prayer is about conforming me.
To his will. And that's why.
I pray your.
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Kingdom come.
Your.
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Will be done. Prayer is not.
About bringing.
God to his senses.
Prayer is about bringing.
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Me to.
God's senses.
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Now, let me pause for a moment.
And say this.
God isn't looking for eloquence. When you pray. He's looking for honesty. Private prayer.
Private conversation is different.
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From public speaking and public.
Speaking.
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You want to sound like you know what you're talking about. You want to mind your P's and Q's and.
Be sure your grammar is correct.
And all that kind of stuff. That's public.
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Speaking. But in private.
Conversation with.
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A friend, you can be much.
More relaxed, more.
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Intimate. There's more.
Honesty. And that's what God is looking.
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For.
Because.
Prayer.
Is not public discourse. Now, sometimes.
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You're leading in public.
Prayer.
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But the kind of prayer.
That we're talking about here.
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The kind that's.
Driven by the word, the.
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Kind that comes out of your devotions the kind that comes out in the middle of the night when you're.
Pacing the.
Floor because you're worried.
About something.
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In.
That private kind of prayer.
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God is not at all interested in eloquence.
He wants honesty. Just be honest with God. You just tell.
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Him what's on your mind. It's not like he doesn't already know. But tell him what's on your mind. Be open and honest with him. Talk to him the way you would talk to a friend. So now we come to the next.
Phrase in the prayer.
Give us this day.
Our daily bread. Here's the.
Relationship.
You are my provider.
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I am your dependent.
I trust your faithfulness. Notice he says, give us this day.
Our daily bread.
He doesn't say.
Our weekly bread or monthly bread or bread for a lifetime.
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You know, it seems like it would be a lot easier just if you do it all at once. Then he wouldn't have to be bothered.
By us anymore. Like, Hey, here you go.
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Don't bother me. Go away. You know why? It's daily. It's because God knows that if he gave you everything you need all at once.
He'd never hear from you again. God wants to hear from.
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You every day.
This is.
A daily reminder that everything we have comes.
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From him.
So it requires daily prayer, daily surrender.
And daily faith. The next relationship.
Is in verse 12.
Jesus says, and forgive us our debts as we.
Forgive our debtors. So here's the.
Relationship. You are the Savior. I am a sinner. I trust your mercy.
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I'm looking to you for forgiveness and.
For the grace.
To forgive those who sinned against me. Just as.
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I need daily.
Bread.
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I need daily forgiveness.
Because I still sin. I still mess up. He's not talking about sin. That's going to send you to hell. Your salvation is secure in Christ.
Be assured of that.
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He's talking about things.
That grieve God's heart.
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And keep us from being.
Able to hear His voice. You're saying, Lord, if there's.
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Anything going on in my life that offends.
You, search my.
Heart.
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And point out anything that I need.
To confess and then simply confess it. Now, this is the.
Only part of the prayer.
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That comes with a condition.
He says, forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
And there's that.
Pesky little.
Word.
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As again you're saying, forgive me.
Just.
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Like and just when.
I forgive others. And that's a hard prayer to pray.
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But you need to keep short of with God.
And keep short.
Accounts with others. Don't let your own.
Sins or the sins of.
Others.
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Come between you and God. If you want God to bless your life, then you have to let go of unforgiveness.
Forgiveness is not just an activity. It's a lifestyle of daily choices.
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Now, you might be thinking, hang on a second here.
It's not fair that I have to forgive that person.
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Not after.
What they said.
Or what they.
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Did or what they failed to do.
It just isn't.
Fair that I have to forgive.
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Them.
And you're right.
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It isn't fair.
But forgiveness is not about fairness. Forgiveness is about.
Grace.
And none of us deserve grace. It isn't.
Fair that God forgave.
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You. But He did. And he wants.
You to do the same.
For other people.
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When I release my grip on the person who hurt me.
I can say, Lord.
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My hands are now available.
To receive whatever you.
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Want to give me and to do whatever you want me to do.
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Let's move on to the next relationship in this next phrase. And lead us not into temptation.
So here's a relationship.
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You are my guide. I am a pilgrim.
I trust your direction. You're saying, Lord.
Please lead me safely through every circumstance.
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I trust that you will not allow me to face anything that I cannot handle.
You're saying, Lord.
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Now that I've been forgiven. Don't let me walk that way again. Keep me from the things that tempt me.
Teach me to.
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Avoid the landmines and the traps.
That are out there in front of me.
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Now that I am.
Free from.
Sin.
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Teach me to flee from sin. Lead us not into temptation. And the final relationship.
In the prayer is.
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In the next.
Phrase, deliver us from.
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Evil.
Here's a.
Relationship.
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You are my.
Deliverer.
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I am a captive.
I trust you to set me free.
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You see, you have an enemy.
Who hates you. I've talked about this in the first session. The devil is real. He never takes a day off.
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He wants nothing.
More than to interrupt your.
Relationship.
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With God. So we need to pray.
Lord, deliver us from.
Evil. Some translations say.
Deliver us from.
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The evil one.
So you ask.
The Lord to go before you.
To set you.
Free.
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And to keep.
You free.
And then Jesus finishes.
The prayer.
The way he started.
But in reverse order.
He says.
For thine.
Is the.
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Kingdom. So thy kingdom come And thine is the power. So thy will be done. And thine is the glory forever.
So let.
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Your name be.
Glorified. He started with the glory of God.
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And He ends with the.
Glory of God.
And this takes us now.
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Into the.
Framework of the prayer. And it's important for us.
To look at this I have.
Five words that I want you to write.
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Down in your notes. As we look at.
The framework of.
This model.
Prayer. The first word to write.
Down is.
This word praise. Write down the word praise. Prayer begins with praise. Our Father, which art in.
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Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Let your name be glorified.
The second word to write.
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Down.
Is.
Surrender. Surrender.
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Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth.
As it is in heaven. That is.
Surrendering to.
God's.
Sovereignty.
And his wisdom.
The third word is the word.
Petition. Petition. It's our requests.
These are your requests for daily bread, daily forgiveness, daily direction, daily protection. The fourth word is surrender again. Yeah. Write down surrender again. Yours is the.
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Kingdom. So your kingdom come.
And yours is the power. So your will be done. That's surrender.
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And the.
Last word to write.
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Down.
Is praise.
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Let your name be glorified.
Thine is the glory forever.
So you've got those five words.
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Look at what you've written down.
Here's the pattern. Praise. Surrender.
Petition.
Surrender. Praise.
All of our petition.
All of our requests are presented.
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In the content of surrender. And all.
Of our surrender is offered to.
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God in the context.
Of praise.
So write this down.
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The ultimate aim of.
All our prayer is the glory of God.
Our petition.
Is surrendered to.
God's will and sovereignty.
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Because ultimately.
What we are seeking, what we're asking for.
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Is not comfort. It's not our provision. Ultimately, what we are seeking and asking for.
Is the glory of.
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God on the earth.
That's why I said.
Prayer.
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Is not about my needs and my will.
Prayer is about.
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God's will and.
His glory on the Earth. You're saying.
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My father.
Let your.
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Name be glorified in my life. My King. Let your name be glorified in this challenge.
My master.
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Let your name be glorified.
In this decision.
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That I'm about to make.
My provider, my savior.
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My guide, my deliverer. Let your name be.
Glorified in whatever.
It is I'm facing.
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Then you make your needs known to God.
You pour out your heart before him.
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But then once again, you say.
Now, having said all.
Of that, Lord, I want your.
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Will to be done more than anything else. Because I want my life.
To be lived for.
Your glory.
And our next session.
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We're going to talk about how.
To pray.
With persistence and.
Power.
But I want us to finish this session.
Where we started. Let's pray the Lord's Prayer together out loud again. Our father, which art in heaven.
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Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth.
As it is in heaven. Give us this day.
Our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts as we.
Forgive our debtors.
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And lead us not into.
Temptation.
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But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom.
And the power and the glory forever.
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Amen. I hope you have a.
Great.
Discussion.
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Time.
We'll see in the next session.