Our Father
“When you work you work, when you pray God works!”
-- Hudson Taylor
MATTHEW 6:7-13 NIV
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your Name,your Kingdom come, your Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”
7 Aspects of Personal Prayer
- Establishing His Presence – “Our Father who art in Heaven”
- Expanding His Kingdom – “Your Kingdom come”
- Submitting to His Will – “Your Will be done”
- Praying in His Blessing – “Give us this day our daily bread”
- Establishing A Clean Heart – “Forgive us as we have forgiven others”
- Preparing Yourself to Walk In Love – “Lead us not into temptation”
- Establishing His Authority - “Deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the Kingdom!”
Dynamics Of Presence
- Who you know that person to be
- Your position and level of relationship with that person
- How confident you are in the presence of that person
- How you hope or expect that person to respond
Hallowed: to be set apart, to be reverenced as holy, to be honored and worshipped
PSALM 100 NIV
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and PRAISE HIS NAME. For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.
My OBSERVATION of His name will lift the EXPECTATION of my prayers!
God’s Nine Primary Names in the Bible
- JEHOVAH TSIDKENU – “The Lord is our RIGHTEOUSNESS”
James 5:16 NIV
“…The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
God’s Nine Primary Names in the Bible
- JEHOVAH M’KADDESH – “The Lord who SANCTIFIES you”
1 Corinthians 6:11 NIV
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
God is the One who is different & He has called us out to live different!
God’s Nine Primary Names in the Bible
- JEHOVAH SHALOM – “The Lord is PEACE”
John 16:33 NIV
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
God’s Nine Primary Names in the Bible
- JEHOVAH SHAMMAH – “The Lord is THERE”
God’s Nine Primary Names in the Bible
- JEHOVAH JIREH – “The Lord will PROVIDE”
God’s Nine Primary Names in the Bible
- JEHOVAH RAPHA – “The Lord who HEALS”
Exodus 15:26 NIV
“I am the Lord, who heals you.”
God’s Nine Primary Names in the Bible
- JEHOVAH ROHI – “The Lord our SHEPHERD”
God’s Nine Primary Names in the Bible
- JEHOVAH SABOATH – “The Lord of Hosts”
1 Samuel 17:45 NKJV
Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied!”
God’s Nine Primary Names in the Bible
- JEHOVAH NISSI – “The Lord is our VICTORY”
1 Corinthians 15:57 NKJ
But thanks be to God, who gives us the VICTORY through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 4:6-7 NIV
Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
