B) You Cannot Carry Everything in the Prayer ______Theologically

Question: Why was the “Lord’s Prayer” never recited or referred to again in the NT or writings of the early church?

a) It was to be a ______b) You cannot carry everything in the prayer ______theologically

The MODEL or Template

Our Father... 1) The Father’s ______2) The ______of the Kingdom 3) The Father’s ______Give Us This Day . . . ______(2 Pet 1:3) Forgive Us Our Debts . . . ______(2 Cor 5:17-21 Lead Us Not Into Temptation . . . Wisdom & ______I. God Doesn’t ______Every Prayer

1 John 5:14-15 “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.”

1 Peter 3:12 “For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer…”

For Who Does God Answer?

1) A ______with God 2) Wants to ______God 3) You ______to what he says 4) God has the right to ______your life 5) You come to God in ______6) ______God will answer

C. Prayers God answers:

1) Prayer for laborers Matt 9:37-38

2) For Boldness to share your faith Acts 4:24-30

3) "Equip you with everything good that you may do his will” Heb 13:21

4) That believers would prosper and be in good health 3Jn2

5) Ephesians 1 (NLT)

“Asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance. I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.”

6) Ephesians 3 (NLT)

“I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.”

7) Christ’s High Priestly Prayer - Jn 17 (AMP) a) Keep them… in knowledge and ______(vv.11-12) b) Keep them… in ______(v.11) c) Keep them… from evil (the evil one) (vv.12, 15) d) Keep them… in joy, delight, and gladness (v.13) e) ______them… (consecrate, purify, separate to holiness) (v.17) f) Blessing upon being SENT! (v.18) g) Prayer for those who will become believers: (v.20) 1) ______(v.21) 2) ______(v.22) 3) ______(v.23) h. Final triumphant expression . . . HIS NAME — HIS LOVE! (vv.25-26)

II. ______Moving Prayer!

A. Mark 11:23

1. James the mouth as a “fountain” of both good and evil

2. Jesus illustrated faith for his disciples when he spoke to the fig tree.

a. ______in your heart and

b. ______(speaking) words to the situation will move mountains.

b. There are lots of things you pray about that God doesn’t pay any attention to! He didn’t tell you to ask him to move the mountains in your life — he told YOU to ______to it… command it to move! B. God told YOU to ______to the mountain!