- [Narrator] Welcome to Grace Digital presentation.
The most significant prayer
ever prayed by the greatest person who ever lived
is a powerful prayer.
That prayer usually referred to as the Lord's Prayer
is actually the disciple's prayer.
It's the prayer Jesus taught His disciples
in response to the request in Luke 11:1,
"Lord teach us to pray."
This is the prayer that He taught them,
"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
"your kingdom come, your will be done
"on earth as it is in heaven.
"Give us day by day our daily bread and forgive us our sins
"for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us
"and do not lead us into temptation,
"but deliver us from the evil one," Luke 11:2-4.
Jesus's disciples knew it was challenging
to learn how to pray effectively.
So it was no surprise
that they asked Jesus to teach them to pray.
The book of Acts and history bear record
that they learned well from Jesus.
They learned how to pray so well
that they saw the gospel reach out to the extremities
of the known world and its transforming power.
And when we learn to pray
in the manner Jesus taught His disciples
we too will see our prayers answered in a mighty way.
Jesus had a wonderful concept of God as His Father.
It was because of His wonderful concept
of God as His Father,
that Jesus prayed as He did beginning His prayer model
with the words our Father.
This principle is so powerful
that it has been engraved upon our minds
that even today most believers begin their prayers.
with those reverential words.
Jesus always exalted and magnified His Father.
Several examples of this exaltation
appear in His great high priestly prayer,
"I brought glory to you here on earth
"by completing the work you gave me to do.
"I pray that they will all be one just as you and I are one,
"as you are in me, Father I am in you
"and may they be in us
"so that the world will believe
"you sent me" John 17:4 and 21.
The only way the world will be able to see
and believe in Jesus as the son of God,
the savior of humanity is for them to see us
blending ourselves together with God in prayer.
It is only when they view us as the one with the Father
that they will believe in
and receive Jesus as their savior.
In His exultation of His Father
Jesus truly reverenced His Father's name.
"I have revealed you to them and I will continue to do so
"then your love for me will be in them
"and I will be in them," John 17:26.
How wonderful to know
that prayer brings us into sonship with the Almighty God.
He is not our Father until we call upon Him.
However, when we call upon God
and receive Jesus into our lives,
we are born again and truly become children of God.
Jesus made it clear that only those who do this
are the children of God and on one occasion,
Jesus charged a group of people
who were living presumptuously with the strong accusation
"You are of your father the devil," John 8:44.
The privilege of knowing God as our Father
is precious and priceless.
Jesus saw a new kingdom relationship in prayer.
Jesus began His prayer model by saying
"Our Father in heaven," Luke 11:2.
He taught His followers
that the kingdom of God is not something far away,
but that it's as near as their concept of God
"For the kingdom of God is already among you." Luke 17:21.
God is interested in what goes on your inside
then He is interested in anything else.
The new kingdom relationship and prayer
demands that God must be enthroned in our hearts.
Romans 10:8-10 says,
In fact it says,
"The message is very close at hand.
"It is on your lips and in your heart
"and that message is the very message about faith
"that we preach.
"If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord
"and believe in your heart
"that God raised Him from the dead you will be saved.
"For it is by believing in your heart
"that you are made right with God
"and it is by openly declaring your faith
"that you are saved."
By crowning Jesus King of Kings
in every aspect of our lives
we recognize and give homage to God,
the Father above all else.
In John 18:37, "Pilot questioned Jesus and asked Him,
'So you are a King?'
"Jesus responded, 'You say I am a King
'actually I was born and came into the world
'to testify to the truth.
'All who love the truth,
'recognize that what I say is true."
Jesus who flatly states that
His very purpose was to become king
is the one who tells us to address God
as our Father in heaven
and when we do so
we acknowledge the supremacy of the kingdom of God.
Jesus taught us to honor God's name.
Jesus our Lord taught His disciples including us
to hallow, respect and give honor to God's name.
His name is not to be used or taken lightly,
it is not to be used in blasphemous oath.
God's name is sacred and holy.
He is the almighty, the creator of heaven and earth.
He is the one who made us in His own image.
He is the one who upholds the earth,
our very breath comes from Him.
Jesus's respect for God's name
was traditional among His people.
For centuries religious Jews
have refrained from the use of God's name
in either speaking or writing.
When speaking of the almighty,
they would use a euphemism such as our shim, the name
or our shamayim the heavens.
And when writing God's name,
they would not complete the word, writing it GD
leaving out the vowel.
Jesus emphasized the importance of the Father's name
and in His prayer model declared that God's name
should be remembered as holy.
And His model prayer,
Jesus spoke of the kingdom.
He taught His disciples to anticipate
the total coming of the Father's kingdom
to look forward to the day when all men
would be a part of that grand and glorious rulership.
Then after He had prayed your kingdom come,
Jesus went a step further,
"Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" Matthew 6:10
Jesus knew that the will of God
is perfectly and carefully done in heaven.
So in teaching His disciples how to pray,
Jesus taught them to desire and speak of the desire
that God's will be done here below
as perfectly and completely as it is done in heaven.
Of course, that should be our prayer today.
That God's will be done in our lives not man's sinful will
not Satan's will put God's perfect, lovely will.
To paraphrase Jesus's words,
it seems that He was saying
that His disciples should pray saying
Lord and all of my daily thoughts and actions,
my strong desire is to do your will.
So as I approach you in prayer,
I ask you to help me to perform your will totally
thus by continually thinking of and praying
that God's will be done in our lives
our actions will automatically begin to bear that desire.
Jesus taught His disciples to pray for daily bread.
In Matthew 6:11,
Jesus was not necessarily speaking of physical bread alone,
though He doubtless had that in mind when He said,
"Give us this day our daily bread."
Basically Jesus was teaching
submission to our Lord in everything, everyday.
This includes believing in God to supply our every need.
Later in the same chapter of Matthew Jesus said,
"Seek the kingdom of God above all else
"and live righteously
"and He will give you everything you need" verse 33.
So according to Jesus,
it is not wrong for us to say
"Lord today I ask you to supply my necessities
"because I am continually putting the things
"of the kingdom first in my life."
Jesus taught divine forgiveness in this model prayer,
Jesus prayed in Matthew 6:12,
"Forgive us our sins
"as we have forgiven those who sin against us."
Jesus taught that divine forgiveness comes through prayer,
but forgiveness does not come merely for the asking
forgiving others is the acid test.
We will be forgiven in the same manner
and to the same degree that we forgive others.
In other words, if we do not forgive others,
we will not be forgiven,
but if we forgive others we in turn will be forgiven.
Think about that for a moment.
There can be no resentments, no evil thinking about others.
Jesus said in Luke 6:45,
"A good person produces good things
"from the treasury of a good heart
"and an evil person produces evil things
"from the treasury of an evil heart.
"What you say flows from what is in your heart."
Forgiveness is reciprocal,
when we forgive we will be forgiven
but if our hearts are full of bitterness toward others,
we will be unable to forgive them
and if we do not forgive our brethren,
then God cannot forgive us.
Jesus is teaching in this prayer model
that we will be forgiven if and when we forgive.
Temptation, Matthew 5:13 says,
"And do not lead us into temptation."
Some teach that God tempts some of His children.
This is a false teaching.
James 1:13 says, "And remember, when you are being tempted,
"do not say God is tempting me.
"God has never attempted to do wrong
"and He never tempts anyone else."
Praise the Lord for His concern for His children.
God is our helper not our tempter,
God loves to strengthen us to build us up.
The devil is the one who desires to hurt us
and lead us astray.
For that reason, Jesus calls the devil a thief.
Jesus said, "The thief's purpose
"is to steal and kill and destroy
"my purpose is to give them
"a rich and satisfying life," John 10:10.
Jesus knows the heart of His Father,
He knows how God loves us and that He is faithful.
"He will not allow the temptation
"to be more than you can stand.
"When you are tempted,
"He will show you a way out
"so that you can endure'" 1st Corinthians 10:13.
"But rescue us from the evil one," Matthew 6:13.
Whenever evil presents itself,
God always provides a way out.
There is no evil in the world
from which God can not deliver you
if you do what He has called you to do.
But if you are dabbling in sin, that's a problem.
In essence, Jesus is saying in this prayer model,
the Father and I can deliver you from any evil,
no matter what it is.
And if you realize that you are bound by any sin
and any evil thing,
I want you to know that you can be delivered from it
and begin walking in freedom and power.
Jesus had a vision of world dominion in prayer.
"For yours is the kingdom
"and the power and the glory forever," Matthew 6:13.
Jesus knew the totality of the Father's kingdom.
He knew better than anyone else
that God is the source of all power
and that all glory is due to Him.
For that reason, He incorporated these words
into his prayer for His disciples,
as believers, we need to be continuing really reminded
of who we are, that we are the sheep of His pasture
and that all our strength and power flow from the Lord God.
The apostle Peter echo Jesus's words
when he wrote,
"All power to Him forever amen," 1st Peter 5:11.
The Psalmist saying, "Honor the Lord you heavenly beings,
"honor the Lord for His glory and strength," Psalm 29:1.
These strong affirmations
should be a part of every believers prayer life.
Awareness of our Father's kingdom, power and glory
and our constant remembrance of them
will help us build a strong relationship
with our heavenly Father.
All of us who love Him are his children
and all of us are equal in His sight
and He is an almighty God.
He is the creator of the universe,
He is our Holy God, our Father in heaven,
my heavenly Father hallowed be your name.
I will give onto God the glory due to His name
and I will not forget His praise.
Your kingdom come.
I will live in continual anticipation of your kingdom rule,
your will be done no longer will my will, my desires
only what He desires in my life on earth as in heaven.
Give us this day not next year's need,
not even next week's need, but today's.
I will depend upon the Lord today.
Forgive us, I will forgive others
regardless of what they have done
so that you Lord will forgive me
and do not lead us into temptation
instead lead all of us Lord
so we will not stumble or stray from the pathway.
Deliver us, deliver us from all evil.
I thank you for your great salvation,
which is for all of us,
including me for yours is the kingdom
and the power and the glory.
The kingdom is yours Lord and your kingdom is within me.
You've got the power I give you the glory forever.
Thank you Lord for making me a part
of all that you are forever, amen.
God's kingdom, God's domain is everlasting, it is endless
and it is eternally present forever.
Through prayer in line with the prayer model
that Jesus taught His disciples,
we will see His kingdom come,
we will see His kingdom established throughout all the earth
and we will see every language, every land, every people
come under His Lordship.
"Our Father in heaven,
"hallowed be your name,
"your kingdom come your will be done forever, amen,"
Matthew 6, 9, 10, 13.