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Three Questions

Three Questions. “Do I really belong among the people of God since I am so _______________?” “How am I supposed to do life so intimately with all these different people?” “How do I continue Jesus’ mission to love?”. Americans and Prayer. 2010 USA Today/Gallup Poll: 92% believe in God

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Three Questions

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  1. Three Questions “Do I really belong among the people of God since I am so _______________?” “How am I supposed to do life so intimately with all these different people?” “How do I continue Jesus’ mission to love?”

  2. Americans and Prayer 2010 USA Today/Gallup Poll: • 92% believe in God • 83% say this God answers prayers

  3. Americans and Prayer 2008 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: • 58% of the American population prays at least once a day

  4. Americans and Prayer 2008 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: • 58% of the American population prays at least once a day • Religious Affiliation? • 89% of Jehovah’s Witnesses pray at least once a day • 82% of Mormons pray at least once a day • 78% of Evangelical Protestants pray at least once a day

  5. Americans and Prayer 2008 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: • 58% of the American population prays at least once a day • Age? • 48% of 18-29 year olds pray at least once a day • 68% of 65+ year olds pray at least once a day

  6. Americans and Prayer 2008 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: • 58% of the American population prays at least once a day • Gender? • 49% of males • 66% of females

  7. Americans and Prayer 2008 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: • 58% of the American population prays at least once a day • Income? • 64% <$30,000 • 48% >$100,000

  8. Americans and Prayer Who are Americans praying to? • 83% claim to be Christian • 37% claim to be born again/evangelical

  9. Americans and Prayer Who are Americans praying to? • 83% claim to be Christian • 37% claim to be born again/evangelical What do we think of Jesus’ practice of and teaching on prayer?

  10. Luke 11:1 He was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

  11. Luke 11:1 He was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” Luke 5:15-16 -- 15 But the news about Him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 Yet He often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.

  12. Luke 11:1 He was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

  13. Luke 11:1 He was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” Magic = an attempt to understand, experience and influence the world using rituals, symbols, actions, gestures and language

  14. Luke 11:1 He was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” Matt. 6:7 -- 7 When you pray, don’t babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.

  15. Luke 11:2 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say…

  16. Luke 11:2 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father

  17. Luke 11:2 1 Kings 18:26-29 -- 26 So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound; no one answered. Then they danced, hobbling around the altar they had made. 27 At noon Elijah mocked them. He said, “Shout loudly, for he’s a god! Maybe he’s thinking it over; maybe he has wandered away; or maybe he’s on the road. Perhaps he’s sleeping and will wake up!”28 They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them. 29 All afternoon they kept on raving until the offering of the evening sacrifice, but there was no sound; no one answered, no one paid attention. 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father

  18. Luke 11:2 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father (a term of respect and intimacy)

  19. Luke 11:2 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father, Your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come.

  20. Luke 11:2 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father, Your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come. John 3:3 -- Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

  21. Luke 11:2 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father, Your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come. John 1:12-13 -- 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

  22. Luke 11:2 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father, Your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come. John 17:3 -- Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 

  23. Luke 11:2 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father, Your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come.

  24. Luke 11:2 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father, Your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come. 1 John 5:19 -- We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.

  25. Luke 11:2 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father, Your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come. John 17:14-16 -- 14 I have given them Your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. 15 I am not praying that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

  26. Luke 11:2 2 He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: Father, Your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come. Luke 10:17-18 -- 17 The Seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.” 18 He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a lightning flash.

  27. Luke 11:3 3 Give us each day our daily bread.

  28. Luke 11:3 3 Give us each day our daily bread. “Those who face starvation joyfully welcome the gift of bread for today to make it to tomorrow. Those who live with abundance probably would be dissatisfied if God were to grant this petition literally and provide them only with enough to survive on for today and tomorrow.” -David Garland in Exegetical Commentary on Luke

  29. Luke 11:3 3 Give us each day our daily bread. 2 Cor. 11:27 -- 27 I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.

  30. Luke 11:3 Philippians 4:10-13 -- 10 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that once again you renewed your care for me. You were, in fact, concerned about me but lacked the opportunity to show it. 11 I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. 12 I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. 13 I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me. 3 Give us each day our daily bread.

  31. Luke 11:3 2 Cor. 8:1-5 -- We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God granted to the churches of Macedonia: 2 During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity. 3 I testify that, on their own, according to their ability and beyond their ability,4 they begged us insistently for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints, 5 and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves especially to the Lord, then to us by God’s will. 3 Give us each day our daily bread.

  32. Luke 11:4 4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone in debt to us.

  33. Luke 11:4 4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone in debt to us. Matt. 6:14-15 -- 14 “For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. 15 But if you don’t forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.

  34. Luke 11:4 4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone in debt to us. Philippians 2:14-16 -- 14 Do everything without grumbling and arguing, 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.16 Hold firmly to the message of life. (HOLD FORTH THE MESSAGE OF LIFE)

  35. Luke 11:4 4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone in debt to us. And do not bring us into temptation.

  36. So, what do you think?

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