Pray or Be Prey: Our Father in Heaven

One 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.”
Luke 11:1 NIV

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.

Give us this day 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 evil.
Matthew 6:9-13 ESV

In the Lord’s Prayer I am. . . 


1.  Reaching God in Relationship.

So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
Romans 8:15 NLT

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!
1 John 3:1a NIV

2.  Trusting God's Goodness.

"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?... If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven..."
Luke 11:11,13a NIV

"Look at the birds... your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"
Matthew 6:26a,c NIV
 

3. Acknowledging the Warfare.

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8 NIV

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 
James 4:7 NIV
 
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