Being prayerful is a mark of a sacrificial follower of Christ. But what does it mean?

1. [PRAYERFUL]

2. Devout: wholly committed to
Earnest: seriously intent
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7. “I need the corrective vision of prayers because all
day long I will lose sight of God’s perspective.”
PHILLIP YANCEY, PRAYER

8. DISTRACTIONS
DOUBT
FEAR
[WHY AREN’T WE PRAYERFUL?]

9. “Be slow to pray. Praying puts us at risk of getting
involved with God’s conditions. Praying most
often doesn’t get us what we want but what God
wants, something quite at variance with what we
conceive to be in our best interests.”
EUGENE PETERSON, WORKING THE ANGLES
[WHY AREN’T WE PRAYERFUL?]
FEAR

10. Once when Jesus had been out praying, one of His
disciples came to Him as He finished and said,
“Lord, teach us to pray . . . ”
LUKE 11:1

11. “If we insist on being self-taught in prayer, our
prayers, however eloquent, will be meager.”
EUGENE PETERSON, WORKING THE ANGLES

12. “This is how you should pray: Father, may your
name be honored. May your kingdom come soon.
Give us our food day by day. And forgive us our
sins, just as we forgive those who have sinned
against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation.”
LUKE 11:1-4

13. “Father, may your name be honored.”
LUKE 11:2

14. Shout with joy to God, all the earth; sing the glory
of His name; make His praise glorious. Say to God,
“How awesome are your works! So great is Your
power Your enemies cringe before You. All the earth
bows down to You. They sing praises to You, they
sing praises to Your name.
PSALM 66:1-4

15. Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used
this illustration: “Suppose you went to a friend's
house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves
of bread. You would say to him, ‘A friend of mine
has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for
him to eat.’ He would call out from his bedroom,
‘Don't bother me. The door is locked for the night,
and we are all in bed. I can't help you this time.’
But I tell you this — though he won't do it as a
friend, if you keep knocking long enough, he will
get up and give you what you want so his
reputation won't be damaged. F53

16. “But I tell you this — though he won't do it as a
friend, if you keep knocking long enough, he will
get up and give you what you want so his
reputation won’t be damaged.”
For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who
seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone
who knocks.

18. “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will be
given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you
will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be
opened.”
“For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who
seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone
who knocks.”
LUKE 11:5-10