Sermon on the Mount Part 10 Praying the way God has commanded and invited us to pray will change US. Kingdom praying changes our desires, our priorities, our way of thinking, and our perspective… REFLECTION TEXT: Psalm 73:25-28 We should find increasingly…when we pray that we are Praying to our Father Focused on the concerns of our Father Filled with the needs our Father can supply Praying using the Scriptures 1. FOCUS ON THE FATHER Matthew 6:9-10 Notice the “YOUR” and "YOURS" PRAISE HIM FOR WHO HE IS CONFESS HIS PURPOSE "Here more clearly than anywhere the purpose of prayer becomes plain: not to make God do my will, but to bring my will into line with his” -J.I. Packer 2. FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS MOST Matthew 6:11-13 ASK FOR HIS PROVISION PLEAD FOR/THANK HIM FOR PARDON Once our eyes have been opened to see the enormity of our offence against God, the injuries which others have done to us appear by comparison extremely trifling. -John Stott REMEMBER THAT YOU NEED HIS PROTECTION 1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 12:10, Ephesians 2:2 Some of Satan's Strategies to Stop Your Praying Excuses Interruption and distractions Discouragement Strongholds Casual attitude toward prayer Foucs on current situations FINISH WITH PRAISE PRAYERLESSNESS IS THE ACT OF INGORING AND REJECTING GOD! It's also a sin!