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, PART 11

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
• 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

THIS SERMON

2. Recognizing God’s otherness or transcendence – Matthew 6:9b, Exodus 15:11, Psalm 50:19-21, Ecc. 5:1-2

Six Petitions

1. In prayer, we seek the exalting of God’s Holy Name – Matthew 6:9c, Exodus 20:7, Matthew 1:21, Philippians 2:9-10, Revelation 19:11-16

2. In prayer, we seek the unopposed and glorious reign of God – Matthew 6:10, Mark 1:14-15, Colossians 1:13

3. In prayer, we seek the furtherance of God’s plans in this world – Matthew 6:10b, Matthew 28:18-20, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 7:1

4. In prayer, we seek dependence on and confidence in God – Matthew 6:11, Psalm 100:3, Ephesians 1:22, Ephesians 2:22, Revelation 19:7, Revelation 21:9

5. In prayer, we seek the Gospel-centered life – Matthew 6:12, Colossians 2:13-14

6. In prayer, we seek to wage successful spiritual warfare – Matthew 6:13, Ephesians 6:10-12, 1 Peter 5:8