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The Lord's Prayer: A Prayer Strategy              by Ken Barnes

1/12/2023

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The Lord’s Prayer (Inspirational Video)

I pray, O God, pour out on me your Holy Spirit–the spirit of prayer–that I may ever love and desire to pray; being daily free to approach you, with all confidence in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,  William Loehe

(Matthew 6:9-13 NKJV)
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 forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Categories for Prayer
1. Verse 9-Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your name.

Psalm 68:5, Isaiah 66:1. Act 7:49, Psalm 19:1, Psalm 113:3-4, Psalm 69:34
2. Verse 10a-Your Kingdom come.
Psalm 22:27-28, Psalm 28:8-9, Psalm 46:6-7, Psalm 45:6tar
3.  Verse 10b-Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Unity in heaven-The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit-1+1+1=1- The Church (our Church) should reflect what is happening in heaven. 

Matthew 3:16-17 (unity in diversity), Psalm 24:4, Psalm 143:10, Matthew 26:39
“Gloria Parti” (Minor or Lessor or Trinitarian Doxology of the Church) “Glory be to God the Father; Glory be to God the Son; Glory be to God the Spirit, ever three and ever one; As it was in the beginning, now and evermore shall be.”
4.  Verse 11-Give us this day our daily bread.

Philippians 4:19, Proverbs 39:7-9, Matthew 5:6
5. Verse 12- And forgive us our debts as we have forgiven our debtors.
Luke 6:37, Psalm 51:1-2, Luke 17:3-4, Psalm 25:1
6.  Verse 13- And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.

Three categories of temptations of Jesus–

Lust of the flesh (Matthew 4:3-4) Jesus responded with
(Deuteronomy  8:3), 
Pride of life (Matthew 4:5-7) Jesus responded with (Deuteronomy 6:16), 
Lust of the Eyes
(Matthew 4:8-10) Jesus responded with Deuteronomy 13:4.
Jesus used the Word of God, and so should we.
7.  Verse 13-For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

1 Chronicles 29:11, 1 Timothy 1:17
We should seek God’s Kingdom, power, and glory in our Church.
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Video courtesy of www.prayerscapes.com
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As the Praises Go Up!

1/3/2023

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                               Adoration—As the Praises Go Up

I recently attended a birthday party of a friend who turned 50 years of age. Family members and friends lavished words of thanksgiving and praise on the party’s honoree. I thought, how we love to praise each other, and we should. It is a good practice to lift other people. Yet, do we praise God in an even greater way?

Years ago, I was taught how to open my prayer to the Lord with a very simple acronym that we can all remember...

                                                       ACTS
                                                     A-C-T-S  

A is for adoration—the opening for all our prayers. We recognize this action as a key element in prayer. Yet, at times, we give a passing nod to God, and we are quick to neglect and rush by our praise for the Lord. Once you praise God, it gets your mind off what is opposing you.

When we praise our requests tend to take over our thoughts. What if we savored adoration for God, giving aspirations of praise, as we do for a birthday party? Here are three items I have learned about adoration and praise in prayer.

Adoration is passionate. When you feel passion, you do not need to pump yourself up. As David in the Psalms exclaimed, “Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name.” Adoration was deep within his being and leaped from his soul Adoration cannot wait to express the worship of God. Where there is passion there is no loss of words.

Adoration is unselfish. Adoration focuses your attention on the audience of One—the God of the universe. Adoration does not know the word me. As Matt Redman sang, “it’s all about You.” We have the privilege of communicating our praise with the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Adoration is our gratitude. We are not flattering God when we adore the Lord. Adoration teaches us gratefulness as Ephesians 5:20 says,

“Always giving thanks for all we have.”

In the end, gratitude strengthens you. When the exiles returned the build the temple Nehemiah said, “the joy of the Lord is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10).

Revelation, a book about the worship of the Lord in Heaven says,

“Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

‘To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!’”

When we are in Heaven, we will no longer need the other items of A-C-T-S in prayer.

C for Confession is not heretofore needed for the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. T for thanksgiving is included in our eternal praise. Plus, S our supplication and bread will be fulfilled. We have no more needs. However, all eternity will be filled with A-adoration and praise, according to Revelation. But why wait until that day?

O Come, let us adore Him!
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