TITLE: THE POWER OF A PRAYING CHURCH: TEACH ME TO PRAY
TEXT: LUKE 11:1-4
INTRODUCTION
A. Prayer can be taught
1. Who taught you how to pray?
2. Who are you teaching to pray?
B. Prayer can be learned
1. Have you learned how to pray?
2. Are you learning how to pray?
3. Do you desire to learn how to pray?
C. What was so impactful about Jesus’ praying?
1. They witnessed the hypocrites praying (Matthew 6:5) to be seen
2. They witnessed the heathens praying (Matthew 6:7) to be heard
3. They witnessed Jesus praying to be empowered
THEY SAW JESUS PRAYING
A. They saw Jesus’ meditative space
B. They saw Jesus meditatively pause
C. They saw Jesus listening to the Spirit
THEY HEARD JESUS PRAYING
A. They heard the genuineness of Jesus’ prayers
B. They heard the intimacy in Jesus’ prayers
C. They heard the names of those for whom Jesus prayed
THEY FELT JESUS’ PRAYING
A. They felt the Father’s peace
B. They felt the Holy Spirit’s presence
C. They felt Jesus’ power
CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
THAT I WILL LEARN HOW TO PRAY FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO PRAY, THEN TEACH SOMEONE ELSE HOW TO PRAY
WORK FOR THE WEEK
