The Lord's Model Prayer

1. Two Types of Bad Motivation

a. Prayer is not a show

b. Prayer is not magic

2. The Model Prayer

a. Requests for the Father

b. Requests from the Father

3. Why prayer and forgiveness go together

 

Application: 

1. Beware your motivation

a. Do not pray for show

b. Do not think you can conjure up a formula of prayer to make God do what you want

2. Our Prayers ought to be God focused

3. Our Prayers ought to be God trusting