Luke 18:1 – And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4, PART 5, PART 6, PART 7, PART 8, PART 9, PART 10

1. Loving One Another: The Priority of the Word of God – Acts 2:42a, Acts 2:41, Jeremiah 15:16, Job 23:12, Psalm 119:14, 1 Peter 2:1-2

2. The Practice of Fellowship  -Acts 2:42

3.  Loving One Another: The Observance of the Lord’s Table

4. The Commitment to Prayer

• Prominent place of prayer in the early church
  Acts 1:12-14, Acts 2:41-42, Acts 4:23-31, Acts 6:1-4, Acts 9:10-11, Acts 10:9-16, Acts 12:1-5, 12, Acts 13:1-3, Acts 14:19-23, Acts 16:22-25, Acts 20:36-38, Acts 21:1-6
• Practices of Prayer in the Early Church – Acts 1:12-14, Acts 1:4, 8, John 14:12-14, John 16:23-24, Matthew 13:58,
  Acts 2:42, Acts 1:14, Acts 6:4, Rom. 12:12, Col. 4:2, Acts 4:23-31

THIS SERMON

• Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer

– How not to pray

1. Hypocritically – Matthew 6:5
2. Scripted – Matthew 6:7-8

– How to pray

1. Recognizing our family relationship with God – Matthew 6:9, Ephesians 1:3-5, Romans 8:14-15, John 20:17
2. Recognizing God’s otherness or transcendence – Matthew 6:9b, Exodus 15:11, Psalm 50:19-21, Ecc. 5:1-2