What if prayer was less about saying all the right words, and more about beholding God?
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Strahan Coleman
“Looking at God, looking at me, looking back at Him.”
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Luke 11:1-4
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” And he said to them, “When you pray, say:“Our Father, in heaven hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day each day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation. but deliver us from evil.
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Jesus wasn’t giving us a formula. Jesus was giving us an invitation.
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The Example of Jesus
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Hebrews 7:23-25
The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
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The Request of the Disciples
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The Posture of A Beholder
1. Radical Dependence
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Luke 11:3
“Give us each day our daily bread.”
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The Posture of A Beholder
2. Radical Forgiveness
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Luke 11:4
and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
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John Piper
One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook is to prove on the Last Day that prayerlessness was not caused by a lack of time.
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