Jesus in Prayer

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Jesus in Prayer

• Jesus teaches his disciples about Prayer

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Jesus in Prayer

• What is Prayer?
• If the Bible is Gods Predominant way of talking
  to us
• Prayer is the Predominant way we talk to God

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Jesus in Prayer

• Deuteronomy . 47
• What other nation is so great
• as to have their gods near them
• the way the LORD our God
• is near us whenever we pray to him?

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Jesus in Prayer

• James 48
• Come near to God
• and he will come near to
• you

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Jesus in Prayer

• A little different from our prayers

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Jesus in Prayer

• John 537
• And the Father who sent me has himself
  testified concerning me. You have never heard his
  voice nor seen his form, (N.I.V.)
• And the Father himself, which hath sent me,
  hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard
  his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.(K.J.V.)

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 321-22
• When all the people were being baptised, Jesus
  was baptised too. And as he was praying, heaven
  was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him
  in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from
  heaven
• "You are my Son, whom I love
• with you I am well pleased."

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Jesus in Prayer

• John 1227-28
• "Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say?
  Father, save me from this hour? No, it was for
  this very reason I came to this hour. Father,
  glorify your name!"
• Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified
  it, and will glorify it again."

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Jesus in Prayer

• Jesus Praying

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Jesus in Prayer

• What was it about what Jesus was doing
• that captured this disciples interest?
• Was it the length of time Jesus spent in Prayer
• we know that Jesus often spent all night in
  Prayer

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 612
• One of those days Jesus went
• out to a mountainside to
• pray, and spent the night
• praying to God.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Or the time of day that Jesus would pray?
• Mk.135
• writes that Jesus would pray very early in the
  morning
• Mk.646 writes that he prayed leading into the
  evening
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Jesus in Prayer

• Was it the posture that Jesus took?
• We know from Luke 2245 that
• Jesus rose from praying

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 22 41
• He withdrew about a stones
• throw beyond them,
• knelt down and prayed,

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Jesus in Prayer

• Was it that the disciples were wondering
• what Jesus would be doing on his own
• without them?
• For we know that Jesus would often
• withdraw himself from them go away on
• his own to pray
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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 516,
• But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and
  prayed.
• Luke 918,
• Once when Jesus was praying in private and his
  disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do
  the crowds say I am?
• Luke 2241
• He withdrew about a stones throw beyond them,
  knelt down and prayed,

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Jesus in Prayer

• What do you think they wanted to be taught?
• How to talk to God
• What was it about what Jesus was doing that they
  wanted to learn
• Was there a right or wrong way to talk to God
• How should they talk to God
• How could their prayers be more effective
• Why do you think this disciple wanted to know?
• What do you think this disciple wanted to be
  taught?

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Jesus in Prayer

• Jesus gave them words
• ideas
• concept
• thoughts

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Jesus in Prayer

• The Lords Prayer

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Jesus in Prayer

• Deuteronomy 131
• ..There you saw how the LORD your God carried
  you, as a father carries his son, all the way you
  went until you reached this place."

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Jesus in Prayer

• Exodus 422
• Then say to Pharaoh,
• This is what the LORD
• says
• Israel is my firstborn son,

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Jesus in Prayer

• Isaiah 63 16
• But you are our Father, though Abraham does not
  know
• us or Israel acknowledge us you, O LORD, are our
  
• Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Isaiah 648
• Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay,
  you are the potter we are all the work of your
  hand.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Psalm 910
• Those who know your name will trust in you, for
  you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you

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Jesus in Prayer

• Psalm 115 1-3
• 1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name
  be the glory, because of your love and
  faithfulness.
• 2 Why do the nations say, "Where is their God?"
• 3 Our God is in heaven he does whatever pleases
  him.

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Jesus in Prayer

• 2 Chronicles 206
• "O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not the God
  who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms
  of the nations. Power and might are in your hand,
  and no-one can withstand you

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Jesus in Prayer

• Isaiah 5715
• For this is what the high and lofty One says
• he who lives for ever, whose name is holy
• "I live in a high and holy place,
• but also with him who is contrite and lowly in
  spirit,
• to revive the spirit of the lowly
• and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Psalm 1912-13
• .Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden
  faults.
• 13 Keep your servant also from wilful sins may
  they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless,
  innocent of great transgression.

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• Jesus in Prayer

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Jesus in Prayer

• John 663
• The words I have spoken to you are spirit and
  they are life.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Jesus teaches his disciples about Prayer

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Jesus in Prayer

• Summary Lessons from Lk.115-13
• We have a Father who delights in providing for
  his childrens needs.
• The Lord loves His children and is more than
  willing to bless His children
• The Lord will not give bad gifts to his children
• If his children ask for fish he will not give
  then a snake
• If his children ask for an egg he will not give
  then a scorpion
• If his children ask for bread he will not give
  them a stone

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Jesus in Prayer

• Point - if a human father though flawed and
  fallible can give good things to their children
• The Lord God who is flawless and infallible will
  only give gifts to his children

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Jesus in Prayer

• Thus if you do not get what you ask for it is
  because it would not be a good gift from God
• If you do not get what you ask we must not waver
  in our faith

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Jesus in Prayer

• nor give up praying as a waste of time you must
  persevere and continue to trust in God
• The Lords prayer is about putting all your
  trust, reliance and dependence on God your past,
  present and future.
• The Lord will give His Spirit to those who ask
  Him

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Jesus in Prayer

• in short God will help his people.
• Persist in prayer
• Have faith in a loving God
• Ask and you shall receive seek and you shall find
  knock and the door will be opened if it is in the
  plan will and purpose of God

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Jesus in Prayer

• It is important to
• align yourself to the will of God Rom.121-2

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Jesus in Prayer

• Romans 121-2

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of Gods
mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices,
holy and pleasing to Godthis is your spiritual
act of worship. 2 Do not conform any longer to
the pattern of this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able
to test and approve what Gods will ishis good,
pleasing and perfect will.
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Jesus in Prayer
We will not get if we ask with wrong motives
Jas.43 Ultimately Prayer is about trusting,
relying and depending on God in the knowledge
that through faith and belief in a loving God,
Gods will will be done.
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Jesus in Prayer

• James 43

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask
with wrong motives, that you may spend what you
get on your pleasures.
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Jesus in Prayer

• God is all knowing
• God is all powerful
• God is all loving

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• Jesus in Prayer
• Jesus teaches his disciples about Prayer

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 321-22
• When all the people were being baptised, Jesus
  was baptised too. And as he was praying, heaven
  was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him
  in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from
  heaven "You are my Son, whom I love with you I
  am well pleased."

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Jesus in Prayer

• Mk.135
• Very early in the morning, while it was still
  dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off
  to a solitary place, where he prayed.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Mark 646
• After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside
  to pray.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 515-16
• Yet the news about him spread all the more, so
  that crowds of people came to hear him and to be
  healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often
  withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 612-13
• One of those days Jesus went out to a
  mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying
  to God. When morning came, he called his
  disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom
  he also designated, apostles.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 916
• Taking the five loaves and the two fish and
  looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke
  them. Then he gave them to the disciples to set
  before the people.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 918
• Once when Jesus was praying in private and his
  disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do
  the crowds say I am?"

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 1021
• At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy
  Spirit, said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of
  heaven and earth, because you have hidden these
  things from the wise and learned, and revealed
  them to little children. Yes, Father, for this
  was your good pleasure.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 111
• 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."

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Jesus in Prayer

• Matt.1913-15
• Then little children were brought to Jesus for
  him to place his hands on them and pray for them.
  But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
  Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me,
  and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven
  belongs to such as these

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke 2231-32
• "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you
• as wheat. But I have prayed for you,
• Simon, that your faith may not fail. And
• when you have turned back, strengthen
• your brothers."

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Jesus in Prayer

• John 1141-42
• The Raising of Lazarus
• So they took away the stone.
• Then Jesus looked up and said,
• "Father, I thank you that you have heard me.

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Jesus in Prayer

• John 1227-28
• "Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say?
  Father, save me from this hour? No, it was for
  this very reason I came to this hour. Father,
  glorify your name!" Then a voice came from
  heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it
  again."

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Jesus in Prayer

• John 171
• After Jesus said this, he looked
• towards heaven and prayed
• "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son,
  that your Son may glorify you.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Matt.2636-37
• Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place
• called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit
• here while I go over there and pray."He took
• Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with
• him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Luke.2334
• Jesus said, "Father, forgive them,
• for they do not know what they
• are doing." And they divided up
• his clothes by casting lots.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Matthew 2746
• About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud
• voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which
• means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken
• me?"Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father,
  into
• your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said
• this, he breathed his last.

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Jesus in Prayer

• Private
• Personal
• Parental
• Powerful
• Passionate

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• Jesus in Prayer