PRAYER ESSENTIALS

Part 2

PRAYER ESSENTIALSPRAYER MATTERSs

You have not because you ask not . . . James 4:2

PRAYER ESSENTIALSTHE QUALITY OF PRAYER MATTERSs

You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it on your passions . . . James 4:3

PRAYER ESSENTIALSIntroduction

PRAYER ESSENTIALSPraying Rightly

Jesus taught us to pray

“1) Our Father in heaven, 2) hallowed be your name, 3) your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 4) Give us today our daily bread. 5) And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 6) And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." 

Matthew 6:9-13

PRAYER ESSENTIALSPraying Rightly . . . A Model

Relational (Focus…God our Heavenly Father)• •

1) Our Father in heaven,

PRAYER ESSENTIALSPraying Rightly . . . A Model

Adoration of God (Focus…God worthy of Worship)•   •

2) hallowed be your name.

PRAYER ESSENTIALSPraying Rightly . . . A Model

Advance God’s kingdom on earth (Focus…God’s work and will, personally & globally)

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3) Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

PRAYER ESSENTIALSPraying Rightly . . . A Model

Supply needs (Focus…God’s provision for needs)Physical needs

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Spiritual needs• •

4) Give us this day our daily bread,

PRAYER ESSENTIALSPraying Rightly . . . A Model

Spiritual inventory (Focus…our spiritual condition)Forgiveness asked

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Forgiveness granted• •

5) and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

PRAYER ESSENTIALSPraying Rightly . . . A Model

Spiritual protection (Focus…our spiritual battle)Regarding sin & lies

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Regarding Satan’s schemes and assaults• •

6) And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

PRAYER ESSENTIALSBELIEVING PRAYER MATTERS

“We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's

nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all.”

Oswald Chambers