6. The Master’s
Handbook
Matthew 6:9-13 on Prayer
August 2011
7. The word that best
describes my „prayer
life‟ is:
A. Vibrant
B. Growing
C. Fervent
D. Struggling
E. Non-existent
8. “At the opening of this
book, we invite our
readers to pause a
moment to ask
yourselves honestly how
you got on in prayer this
week or first thing this
Exodus 20:15
morning.”
You shall not steal.
9. “Our guess is that most
of our readers are like us;
we want to get things
right, but we are more
than a little embarrassed
to admit how far-reaching
are the problems we
have in praying.”
10. “It seems, then, that
struggle is the realistic
word to describe the
typical Christian
experience of praying.”
Prayer is . . .
13. Luke 11:1
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.”
14. Luke 11:2-3
He said to them, “When you pray,
say: „Father, hallowed be your
name, your kingdom come. Give
us each day our daily bread.
15. Luke 11:4
Forgive us our sins, for we also
forgive everyone who sins against
us. And lead us not into
temptation.‟
17. Matthew 6:9-11
This, then, is how you should
pray: „Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name, your
kingdom come, your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us
today our daily bread.
18. Matthew 6:12-13
Forgive us our debts, as we also
have forgiven our debtors. And
lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from the evil one.‟
20. Note the preface to
Matthew 6:9-13
the prayer . . .
Matthew 6:9
This, then, is how you should
pray . . .
21. Note the prior context
Matthew 6:9-13
of the prayer . . .
Matthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not keep
on babbling like pagans, for
they think they will be heard
because of their many words.
22. Note the absence of in
Matthew 6:9-13
the New Testament of
any disciple actually
praying this prayer.
27. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13
are talking to!
We pray to OUR Father! As our
Father he desires to respond to
our prayers!
28. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13
are talking to!
Galatians 4:6
Because you are sons, God sent
the Spirit of his Son into our
hearts, the Spirit who calls out,
“Abba, Father.”
29. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13 are talking to!
Matthew 7:7-8
Ask and it will be given to you; seek
and you will find; knock and the door
will be opened to you. For everyone
who asks receives; he who seeks
finds; and to him who knocks, the door
will be opened.
30. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13 are talking to!
Matthew 7:9-10
Which of you, if his son asks for bread,
will give him a stone? Or if he asks for
a fish, will give him a snake?
31. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13 are talking to!
Matthew 7:11
If you, then, though you are evil, know
how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father in
heaven give good gifts to those who
ask him!
32. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13
are talking to!
We pray to OUR Father! As our
Father he desires to respond to
our prayers!
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35. We're All God's
Children
Here comes a Baptist, here
comes a Jew
There goes a Mormon and a
Muslim too
I see a Buddhist and a Hindu
I see a Catholic and I see you.
36. We're All God's
Children
We're all God's children
We're all God's children
We're all God's children
Why can't we be one big happy
family?
37. John 1:12-13
Yet to all who received him,
to those who believed in his name,
he gave the right to
become children of God —
children born not of natural
descent, nor of human decision or
a husband‟s will, but born of God.
38. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13
are talking to!
We pray to OUR Father! As our
Father he desires to respond to
our prayers!
39. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13
are talking to!
Matthew 6:9
This, then, is how you should
pray: “Our Father in heaven . . .
40. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13
are talking to!
We pray to THE Father! As The
Father he is able to respond to
our prayer!
41. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13
are talking to!
Matthew 28:18
All authority in heaven and on
earth has been given to me.
42. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13
are talking to!
Matthew 11:27
All things have been committed to
me by my Father.
43. “Yes, the Father over
all, who reigns in all the
universe is, in fact, the
same Father who
provides our daily
bread, forgives our daily
sins, delivers us from
daily temptation, and
leads us always in the
path of righteousness.
44. “He is God THE
Father, and he
is God OUR
Father!”
(Bruce Ware, Father,
Son and Holy Spirit)
45. This past Friday,
the United States
lost its top-notch
AAA credit rating
from Standard &
Poor's and is
now an AA rating.
46. When it comes to THE
Father, He has no credit rating!
Why? Because he does not need
to borrow to honor his promises!
Psalm 24:1
The earth is the LORD‟s, and
everything in it.
47. Remember WHO you
Matthew 6:9-13
are talking to!
We pray to THE Father! As The
Father he is able to respond to
our prayer!
49. HOW we are to pray?
Matthew 6:9-13
Lesson #1. Remember who you’re
talking to!
- OUR Father – He desires to respond!
- THE Father – He is able to respond!
50. The Master’s
Handbook
Matthew 6:9-13 on Prayer
Next Sunday:
Lord’s Day readings #47-49
51. How‟s your
“prayer life”
doing?
What step(s)
are you going
to take to
improve it?
