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THE LORD'S PRAYER - Part 4: Petition God for our Needs

                               "GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD." Matthew 6:11 We are dependent on the Lord and He wants us to come to Him with our needs and requests. 'BREAD" is symbolic of any need we have. PETITION is humbly making a formal request or supplication to one in authority, and in this case the authority is our Father God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Spirit. God meets our needs DAILY AND MIRACULOUSLY. Just as quail covered the Israeli compound  in the evenings, manna glistened like fine frost in the mornings. Meat for dinner! Bread for breakfast! The food fell everday. God had resources they knew nothing about . Solutions outside their reality, provisions outside their possibility. THEY SAW PROBLEMS! GOD SAW POSSIBILITIES! THE SAME CAN BE TRUE FOR US TODAY! HOW DO YOU PETITION THE LORD? You are to come to the Lord in a CHILDLIKE FAITH with your SPECIFIC REQUESTS, knowing how muc...
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THE LORD'S PRAYER - Part 3 - INTERCESSION

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WHAT IS INTERCESSORY PRAYER? When you INTERCEDE you are following CHRIST'S EXAMPLE, to PRAY FOR OTHERS. As an INTERCESSOR you must be sensitive to the HOLY SPIRIT.  * The Holy Spirit brings to mind the face or name of someone. * God places a practical need upon your heart. * You may witness something which prompts you to pray. INTERCESSION BEGINS AND ENDS WITH GOD! After He gives you something to pray about, continue until He wants you to move on to something else. FOLLOW HIS LEADING! INTERCESSION is a MINISTRY OF SACRIFICE and a MINISTRY OF AUTHORITY, as you await for God to answer your prayers. "Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. PRAY IN THE SPIRIT on all occasions, with all kinds of prayers and requests. Be alert and always keep PRAYING FOR ALL THE SAINTS."  Ephesians 6: 18-20 When you become an INTERCESSOR two things automatically happen: 1) Instead of receiving, YOU BECOME A GIVER! 2) Instead of your own injuries, your...
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THE LORD'S PRAYER - Part 2: Submission to His Will

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        "Your Kingdom come, YOUR WILL DONE, on earth as it is in Heaven." Matthew 6:10 "PRAYER should reflect a DESIRE TO ALIGN OURSELVES WITH GOD'S GOALS AND PURPOSES, not to get Him to follow our plans." Charles F Stanley PRAYING ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL " And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."                                                                                                     Galatians 6:9 "Due season " is when GOD KNOWS WE ARE READY, not when you think you are ready. He has APPOINTED TIMES for accomplishing certain things in your lives, so SETTLE DOWN and WAIT PATIENTLY. That's when IT WILL HAPPEN, not before. If your f...
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THE LORD'S PRAYER - Part 1: Adoration of the Father

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 In Matthew 6:7 Jesus cautioned against ` meaningless repitition' when PRAYING.  "When you pray, do not use vain repititions as the heathen do. For they think they will be heard for their many words."  Matt 6:7 Just two verses laters, He left a pattern for us to use - THE LORD'S PRAYER.   Often we pray we words, not thinking much about what we are saying;  but we need to examine CHRIST WORD'S and allow this pattern to " TRANSFORM OUR PRAYER LIFE".                            OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN,                            HALLOWED BE THY  NAME                                          - ADORATION "Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be your name." Matthew 6:9  Whe...
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