Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
Text: Luke 11:1-13
Theme: The Lord’s Prayer
Thesis: A model prayer for all Christians, not just a rote prayer
Notes:
- Get out of the driver’s seat
- Your will be done
- Hallowed be Your name
- God is not glorified in fulfilling our dreams, but in us finding joy in His will
- Godly prayer corrects our shortsighted selfishness
- God desires to rule over all things
- God desires to conform us (individually and corporately) to the image of Christ
- Check it before you wreck it
- Cynicism: we stop believing prayer actually works
- Independency: living apart from dependence on God
- sometimes we disagree practically (what we DO) with what we agree with doctrinally (what we claim to BELIEVE)
- We treat prayer as a last resort, or a lucky rabbit’s foot
- Dualism: separating your faith from your everyday life
- Focus on knowing God
- The best part of a roadtrip is the journey with the people you love
- “What a fellowship, what a joy divine, leaning on the everlasting arms.”
- God is infinite and eternal
- He is also transcendent and personal
- Psalm 23
- Rom 8:15
- Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance, it is laying hold of His highest willingness –R.C. Trench
- Jeremiah 33:3, “Call to me and I will answer you.”
- John 20, “…I am ascending to my Father, and your Father”.
- God hears and answers prayer, not because we are good enough, but because Christ was good enough
- Live it out!
- We must give God control of the journey and destination of our life
- Reject cynicism, independence, and dualism
- Get to know the heart of your Father
- through His written word
- through conversation with Him
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