Praying Like Jesus
1st Powerful prayer is the source of a power-filled life
Luke 11:1 ESV
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."
Luke 3:21 ESV
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened,
Luke 6:12 ESV
In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.
Luke 5:16 ESV
But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.
Luke 9:18 ESV
Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?"
Luke 9:29 ESV
And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white.
Mark 1:35 ESV
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
2nd Powerful prayer is based on a relationship with God as our Father
Luke 11:2 ESV
And he said to them, "When you pray, say: "Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.
Luke 11:13 ESV
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Luke 11:2 ESV
And he said to them, "When you pray, say: "Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.
Matthew 6:9 ESV
Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
John 16:23-24 ESV
In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
Romans 8:15 ESV
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"
Galatians 4:6 ESV
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
3rd Powerful prayer is the key to seeing God’s will done
Luke 11:2 ESV
And he said to them, "When you pray, say: "Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.
Matthew 6:9-10 ESV
Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
4th Powerful prayer is concerned about others as well as ourselves
Luke 11:3-4 ESV
Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation."
James 4:2-3 GNT
You do not have what you want because you do not ask God for it. And when you ask, you do not receive it, because your motives are bad; you ask for things to use for your own pleasures.
"The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be a slothfulness in prayer!"
~ C.H. Spurgeon
"Believe me, if a church does not pray, it is dead."
~ C.H. Spurgeon
"It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time."
~ C.H. Spurgeon
5th Powerful prayer aggressively seeks a response from God
Luke 11:5-6 ESV
And he said to them, "Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';
Luke 11:7 ESV
and he will answer from within, 'Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything'?
Luke 11:8 ESV
I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
Impudence: anaideian, gall, insolence, brazenness, audacity, cheekiness, chutzpah, impolite nerve, rudeness
Impudence: anaideian, shamelessness
Luke 11:8 ESV
I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
Luke 11:9-10 ESV
And I tell you, [keep on asking], and it will be given to you; [keep on seeking], and you will find; [keep on knocking], and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance, it’s laying hold of His
willingness.
~ Phillips Brooks
6th Powerful prayer knows that God will do what is best
Luke 11:11-12 ESV
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Luke 11:13 ESV
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
