Lord teach us now to pray Matt 7:29 "He taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law."
The Secret: "But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." Matt 6:6
"Prayer does not simply maintain the Christian life, it is the Christian life..." p.10
"The absence of inwardness is the lost freedom we trade for addictions. ... When God fills our inner vacuum with his Holy Spirit, life works. When God does not fill the vacuum, a host of consuming appetites swarm through our better intentions. ...It all adds up to a kind of powerlessness, which always results from living too far from the Grand Enabler.
" -Calvin Miller p.11
Your Father Knows: Matt 6:31 "And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard bc of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him."
F-A-C-T-S
Faith: "Faith is only as good as the object in which it is placed. ...it is the object of faith that renders faith faithful. The secret is in coming to know ever more fully the One to whom we pray." p.22
Jn 15:7, Rom 10:17
Adoration: Ps 95:6-7
Confession: "While unconfessed sin will not break our union with God, it will break our communion with God." 1 John 1:9 p.24
Thanksgiving: Rom 1:21, Col 2:7, 4:2; 1 Thess 5:16-18, Eph 5:20
Supplication: 1 John 5:14-15
Building our relationship. Matt 6:9 God's name be magnified
The city of God. Matt 6:10 your kingdom come, your will be done. "How gracefully has the Divine Wisdom arranged the order of the prayer; so that after things heavenly--that is, after the "Name" of God, the "Will" of God, and the "Kingdom" of God--it should give earthly necessities also room for a petition!" -Tertullian p.52
Bringing our requests Matt 6:11 Jesus was reminding his disciples that he was there to sustain them spiritually as well as physically. Each time we partake of communion we are reminded that he is "the bread of life" (Jn 6:35) p.60
The Compassion Award Matt 6:12 Forgiveness "It means that when you say you are sorry, you're supposed to say 'That's all right' and never think about it again." p.70
The Armor Matt 6:13 "we often underestimate the unmitigated hatred the Devil and his demons have for the things of God." p.76
Embracing the prayer of Jesus "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man..." Matt 7:24
Dec 2017-Jan 4, 2018
Nashville: Word Publishing, 2001.
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