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Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13). Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13). Pray to Your Sovereign Father (1-4 ). Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13). Pray to Your Sovereign Father (1-4 ) We need a proper view of the Father. Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13).
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Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13) • Pray to Your Sovereign Father (1-4)
Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13) • Pray to Your Sovereign Father (1-4) • We need a proper view of the Father.
Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13) • Pray to Your Sovereign Father (1-4) • We need a proper view of the Father. • We need the Father’s reign.
Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13) • Pray to Your Sovereign Father (1-4) • We need a proper view of the Father. • We need the Father’s reign. • We need the Father’s provision.
Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13) • Pray to Your Sovereign Father (1-4) • We need a proper view of the Father. • We need the Father’s reign. • We need the Father’s provision. • We need the Father’s protection: from punishment, from bitterness, and from temptation.
Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13) • Pray to Your Sovereign Father (1-4) • Pray to Your Caring Father (5-13)
Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13) • Pray to Your Sovereign Father (1-4) • Pray to Your Caring Father • Be persistent: He is listening! (5-10)
Pray to Your Father (Luke 11:1-13) • Pray to Your Sovereign Father (1-4) • Pray to Your Caring Father • Be persistent: He is listening! (5-10) • Be hopeful: He is good! (11-13)
“Were it not for the work of the Holy Spirit there would be no gospel, no faith, no church, no Christianity in the world at all.” (Packer, p. 69) • He bears witness of Christ and glorifies Him (John 15:26; 16:14-15). • He is sent by Christ as another counselor/helper/advocate (John 14:16-17). • He unifies (Eph 4:3; Phil 2:1-2), guides (Acts 20:28), and builds up (Acts 9:31) the church. • Imparts spiritual life to spiritually dead individuals (John 3:3-8). • Indwells believers permanently (1 Cor 3:16) and seals them with divine ownership and eternal security (Eph 1:13), being the guarantee of their inheritance in Christ (Eph 1:14). • Assures believers of their status as God’s children (Rom 8:16). • Sanctifies believers, setting them apart from sin and toward godliness (2 Thess 2:13; 2 Cor 3:18). • Illuminates believers’ minds to understand the significance of Scripture (1 Cor 2:14; 1 John 2:27). • Fills (controls) believers as they submit to his Word (Eph 5:18; Col 3:16). • Intercedes for believers as they pray (Rom 8:26; Eph 2:18). • Empowers believers to witness (Acts 1:8). • Imparts spiritual gifts to believers (1 Cor 12:11). • Leads believers in righteousness (Rom 8:14; 14:17) and produces fruit in their lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (Gal 5:22-23).
Living It Out: • Commit to pray according to Christ’s pattern for the next seven days. • Join the church family this Tuesday evening for an hour of prayer (7-8pm). • Receive weekly prayer requests from the church family: text Pray to 734.732.4900.