A Lesson on Prayer
Kingswells & Westhill Episcopal Church
Sunday 9th June 2002
Luke 11:1-13
Jesus prays
disciples ask Him to teach them to pray
Jesus teaches them the “Lord’s Prayer”
Jesus tells parable of friend needing bread
Jesus applies the parable with “Ask, Seek, Knock”
example of human fathers responding to their children
¨ access to our Father
¨ benefits of sons
¨ standing in grace
¨ the honour of His name
¨ the advancement of His kingdom
¨ our essential needs
¨ our forgiveness
¨ deliverance from evil
¨ with forgiveness
¨ with confidence
¨ with persistence
¨ with childlike faith
¨ with the Holy Spirit
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