Prayer – as posted in our forums

For the last few years I have been thinking/learning/sharing the “Lord’s Prayer” as not just a prayer that Jesus taught us but as a blue print of how to pray. A few weeks ago I had a length talk with a friend about it and that today I heard a sermon about it again. I feel that God just wants me to share this message with others.

1. Make prayer a priority. Praying is to your spirit as breathing is to your body. For your spirit to be healthy, to grow you must pray.

2. Pray alone. Make time for the Lord. He wants you to know Him. Matthew6:5-6 basically tells us not to make a show of prayer, but to do it in private.

3. Surrender to God. It is about God not us.

4. Frame your prayer with God’s character not our circumstances. he is our ruler, redeemer, healer, provider, wonderful counselor, prince of peace. We are nothing without him.

5. Prayer recognizes our dependence on God. Matthew6:11 Everything is a gift from God from our day to our food. It is from Him.

6. Prayer restores and delivers us from evil. Matthew 6:12-13 We are forgiven from our sins and are given strength so we do not fall into temptation. God rescues us from the evil one.

7. Prayer is available to anyone but there is only one authority God! Matthew 6:9 “Our Father in Heaven hallowed be your name.”

Another words, start with how great and righteous God is, pray for God’s goals than finally for us.

God Bless.

Posted by brianW in the ChristianDads Forums