Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4: The Lord’s Prayer

Outline

• Prayer: a Means of Grace
• What does Jesus teach about Prayer?
• ACTS – Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication
• We are weak and He is not

Introduction

Lately it has weighed on my heart that as a church would could do better in what we commonly call corporate prayer. When things are going well we can tend to fall into the trap of ploughing on ahead in our own steam, rather than relying on God. I would therefore like to take some time this afternoon looking at the example of prayer that our Lord left us in what we refer to as the ‘Lords Prayer’.