Welcome to Mercy City Church!
We are so excited that you’re joining us today for Church as we start our NEW SERIES Teach Us To Pray! We believe this is a season of connection and we are so excited you have decided to connect to God’s heart and His house! We know you could choose anywhere to be this Sunday and you chose to be with us! We know that God has something special in store for your life and are believing that you will begin to discover all that that entails as you connect here at Mercy City and continue taking your next steps.
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5 Kinds of Prayer
Pastors Carrie Erikson
Luke 11:1-4 →
1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
‘Father,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come. Your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.’”
– 5 Different Types of Prayer That Are Represented In Jesus’ Teaching –
1) Prayers of
- “Father, Hallowed (to dedicate or consecrate) be your name”
Galatians 4:6-7 →
“6 And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” 7 Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir.”
2) Prayers of
- “Your Kingdom Come”
1 Chronicles 13:1-2 →
“David consulted with all his officials, including the generals and captains of his army. 2 Then he addressed the entire assembly of Israel as follows: “If you approve and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send messages to all the Israelites throughout the land, including the priests and Levites in their towns and pasturelands. Let us invite them to come and join us.”
3) Prayers of
- “Give us each day our daily bread.”
Luke 11:9-10 →
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
4) Prayers of
- “Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us”
Psalm 139:23-24 →
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.”
5) Prayers of
- “And lead us not into temptation.”
Ephesians 6:10-12 →
10 Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. 12 For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.