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TEACH US TO PRAY
Luke 11:1-13
1One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to
him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2He said to them, “When you pray, say:
“Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
3Give us each day our daily bread.
4Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.”
5Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and
says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6because a friend of mine on a journey has come
to me, and I have nothing to set before him.’
7“Then the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children
are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8I tell you, though he will not get up
and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s boldness he will get
up and give him as much as he needs.
9“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will
be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who
knocks, the door will be opened.
11“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12Or if he
asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13If you then, though you are evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to
those who ask him!”
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Mary sat at Jesus’ feet; today that activity is called ________________.
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Romans 8:34
Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is
at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
Romans 8:26
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray
for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
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2.
So what was Jesus’ ______________ to the request for teaching on Prayer?
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1 Corinthians 10:31
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
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Jesus instructs us to ____________.
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Ask for ___________________
Ask for ___________________
Ask for ___________________
Ask for the ____________ _____________
Who is the Holy Spirit?
He is one of the Godhead, and the Bible refers to Him as follows….
Isaiah 11:2
The Spirit of the LORD will _____________ on him
The Spirit of ___________________ and of understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and of __________________,
The Spirit of ____________________ and of the fear of the LORD
John 16:13
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on
his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
2 Corinthians 3:17-18
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who
with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with
ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Freedom is not found in autonomy but _________________.
Tedd Tripp
Romans 8:9
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God
lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to
Christ.
 Some of us live in the illusion that _______ are in control.
 We are either controlled by our ________ nature, or by the ________________ of God.
You choose…
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4. The basic desire of man is for _______________________, for knowledge.
 Truth and knowledge only comes by the person of the ___________ _____________
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Just before leaving this earth, Jesus told His disciples,
“I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been
clothed with power from on high." (Luke 24:49)
John 14:16-18 and 25-26
16I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— 17the
Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But
you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18I will not leave you as orphans; I will
come to you.
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25“All this I have spoken while still with you. 26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have
said to you.
What is the application?
If we are to walk by faith, and we love Jesus passionately, we will obey His teaching on Prayer.
As we take time daily to be with Jesus, we…
1) Give Him our attention, worship and thanks, we give Him Glory
Then in that place of humbly recognizing our dependence on Him we
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Ask for ___________________
Ask for forgiveness
Ask for ___________________
Ask for the Holy Spirit
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