Praying Like Jesus

15 Days of Prayer 

Matthew 6:5-15

5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

 

 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

 

 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 Pray then like this:“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.  10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.11 Give us this day our daily bread, 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 

 

13 And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. 14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

 

 

JESUS ON PRAYER 

 

  1.  It’s a frame not a formula 

 

Pray then like this:“Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name. Matthew 6:9 

 

 

This is not Incantation but invitation  

 

 

  1.  It’s relational not religious 

 

Pray then like this:“Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name.Matthew 6:9 

  

 

  1.  It’s not about what I want but getting in on what God wants 

 

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 

 

 

  1. The purpose is daily bread not devotional duty 

 

Give us this day our daily bread,  Matthew 6:11

 

  1. It empowers me to receive from God and give to others 

 

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:13-15 

 

 

Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

John 13:35 

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