The Examples of Jesus

25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. —Matthew 11:25-26

So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.” —John 11:41-42

27 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” —John 12:27-28

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, —John 17:1

6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. —John 17:6-7

20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. —John 17:20-21

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.
For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. AMEN —Matthew 6:9-13

All scripture should be committed to heart and meditated upon, and this is certainly a passage that most of us have memorized at some point in time, but remember it is meant to be a pattern.

1.Prayer includes the entire

of God.

, indicates these are individuals that are known by God intimately.

John 14:3-11

The”know”, or “known” is this passage is a common phrase used throughout the Bible to indicate an intimate loving relationship with another individual.

2. Prayer is

to the Father.

a. The Father

his own.

21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” —John 14:21

b. The Father

for his own.

9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! —Matthew 7:9-11

c. The Father

his own.

29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. —John 10:29

3. Prayer is received by the Father who is in

.

God is our Father if we have trusted in His Son, and he is in Heaven with

, supremely

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ruling

over all things.

-First Petition

“

be your name”

The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” —Exodus 34:5-6

Second Petition

“Your

come”

-First and foremost is that God’s kingdom is one in which he rules and is preeminent. We as Christinas should want that.

-Second is that God’s kingdom be

and

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proclaimed

throughout the whole earth.

“My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” —John 18:36

3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. —Acts 1:3

20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. —Revelation 22:20-21

Third Petition

“Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”

Our praying for God’s will to be done is

with God’s desires, his decrees, and we want that

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immediately

.

8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.” —Psalm 40:8

9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. —Colossians 1:9-12

Heaven is perfect and it’s where the saints and angels sing priases to their king. Prayer then is our will

to the will of God the Father, and is a sanctifying grace that changes our lives. Prayer is then progressive

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sanctification

.

• Our heavenly father who loves each of his children wants to hear from us.
• God has unlimited resources at his exposal.
• His name is to be kept holy, we need to sanctify it in all that we do.
• We need to pray for the kingdom of God, that is His will.
• Transformation on earth is only made possible through the heavenly message of the gospel.