Luke 11:1-13 "The Lord's Prayer"
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1 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
And do not bring us to the time of trial.”
5 And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.’ 7 And he answers from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
9 “So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? 13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Intro —> What’s the first prayer you learned?
—> Mine was “Now I lay me...”
—> I didn’t grow up in a denomination that said the Lord’s Prayer regularly so I didn’t learn the Lord’s Prayer until High School, and it wasn’t at church that I learned it but in a football locker room.
—> It’s been said “there are no atheists in foxholes” meaning that even someone who doesn’t know God, that doesn’t know how to pray can in a dire situation find the words to pray. We somehow innately as human beings no how to pray.
—> There is also the reality that we can be taught how to pray.
—> In our text today one of the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray.
—> teach us to pray like John taught his disciples to pray
—> Rabbis would teach there students a prayer
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.
—> WHEN you pray
—> Jesus doesn’t use IF statements in Scripture he uses WHEN statements
—> Prayer is an expectation and one that is constant
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
And do not bring us to the time of trial.”
—> I don’t know about you but as I read this it took me a while to actually read it correctly because I am so used to the “STANDARD” version
—> No prayer should ever become standard or stock
—> Prayers connect us to God in ways that have great impact
—> persistent prayers aren’t “stock” prayers
—> pray like we mean it every time
—> mail-in prayers
—> meals
—> bed time
—> church (group/Lord’s prayer/prayers while others are praying)
—> God wants to give us good gifts but it is up to us to know how to ask for them, what to seek after, and when and what door to knock on
—> This is why it is important to learn to pray
—> We aren’t learning words but we are learning how to communicate effectively with God.
—> We are learning how to listen to God
—> The more we pray the more we communicate, the more we learn how and what to ask for because we are learning more about the heart and character of God.
—> While it is true God does want to bless us, sometimes his blessings aren’t what we ask for.
—> Sometimes there are doors that God has locked that we keep asking to be opened but we don’t realize it because we are asking and knocking without first listening.
—> God’s blessings are always what we need first, regardless of what we want.