When you pray say “Our Father in heaven Hallowed be your name”

What is prayer? - To whom do we pray?

• Jesus the Man of prayer…His pattern was a model for the disciples(Matt 14:23; Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16; Luke 6:12; Luke 9:22; Luke 22:32; Luke 22:41-45, Matt 26:39-44; John 12:27,28; John 17; Hebrews 5:7; Matt 15:36; Mark 8:6; Luke 22:19, Mark 14:23,24
• Our Father in heaven (John 20:17, Rom 8:15, Gal 4:6)
  • Hallowed be your name -
• Paul and Stephen –
  • Prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ – (John 14:13,14, 2 Cor. 12:28, 1Peter 3:12)
• By the Holy Spirit( Eph 2:18) or In the Holy Spirit (Eph 6:18, Jude 20) – Directs our prayer

Your kingdom come; your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread.

What do we pray for? Types of prayer

• Your kingdom come
• Your will be done on earth as in heaven
• Give us our daily bread…
• Father may be glorified(John 14:13:14)
• According to his will (1 John 5:14)

Prayer – 1 Tim 2:1,2

• Supplications; Prayers; Intercessions; Thanksgiving

And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us; lead us not into temptation

Part of the armor of God: Ephesians 6:17, 18 “…the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints”;

Impediments to prayer…

• Failure to ask – James 4:2;
• Ask for wrong reason – James 4:3
• Iniquity in the heart - Psalms 66:8
• Ignoring the word(law) – Proverbs 28:9
• Poor marital relationships – 1 Peter 3:7

Steve Campbell

Nehemiah 4:4-23

Jake Redekop

Isa 58:1-14