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*Title:           *“Lord, teach us to pray…”
*D-Theme:   *“The people’s prayer!”
*M-Thrust:   *The longing created in the hearts of the disciples by the witness of Jesus.
Does the witness of the scripture create a longing in our hearts to pray?
Does our witness create a longing in the hearts of others?
*Comment:  *spellbound—seven came to the altar to pray—Steve was very encouraging—said it was the best yet
*Subject:     *prayer
*Date:          *13A34904C90E47EE8B69FD1FA7201185
*Text:           *Luke 11:1-4
 
1Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, /that/ one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”
2So 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.
3Give us day by day our daily bread.
4And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.”
• Introduction............................. dominating theme
•   30,000 feet vs. 5,000 feet
•   Sometimes it is necessary to have an overview…
•   Sometimes it is necessary to get down to ground level…
•   Which is what I intend to do between now and Thanksgiving
•   Get down to ground level with the ‘Lord’s prayer’…
•   A detailed look @ Jesus’s answer to the disciples plea…
•   Lord, teach us to pray!
•   An issue of semantics…
*se·man·tics* (sĭ-mănʹtĭks) /noun/
*1.     *The study or science of meaning in language.
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•   Pastor, why would you want to use that big word with us?
•   Well, words and their meaning are important…
•   How we understand things is important…
•   For example, on Sunday morning where do you go?
•   Most of us answer that we go to church!
•   But really, where we go is a building…
•   Where the church has determined to gather…
•   For what purpose do we gather…
•   For worship!
•   How would it change things semantically…
•   If, instead of saying, “I’m going to church…”
•   We would say, “I’m going to worship!”
•   How would it change things in the mind of the world…
•   To hear the church say that we are going to worship…
•   Rather than to hear us say that we are going to church?
!!! •   So what’s your point pastor
•   My point is this… how do we refer to this prayer?
•   What does the heading of your Bible say…
•   My New King James Version translation calls this…
•   The Model Prayer
•   The New International Version refers to this as…
•   /“Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer”/
•   My computer database calls this…
•   */“The Lord’s Prayer”/*
•   And isn’t that the way most of us refer to this? YES!
•   And perhaps it is a small thing…
•   Something not even to be messed with…
•   But what does that do in the mind of the average person…
•   When they begin to think semantically about this prayer?
•   It makes it someone else’s prayer…
•   There is a loss of ownership—a loss of connection…
•   There seems to be no point of identification
•   A response to a plea…
!! • Lord, teach us to pray!
•   Given in the imperative—a command to Jesus…
•   Suggesting to me that there was a great desire!
•   A great need and hunger…
•   This model prayer, Jesus’s teaching on prayer…
•   Comes in response to the plea on the part of a disciple…
•   And represents the disciples as a group…
•   And the need of all humanity…
!! • Lord, teach us to pray!
•   It is therefore not ‘The Lord’s Prayer’
•   Except from the standpoint that it is he who gave it…
•   No, rather, it is “The people’s prayer!”
•   It is my prayer—it is your prayer
•   It is the model by which Our Lord has taught us…
•   And all who will hear him—this is how you pray
•   This is “The people’s prayer!”
•   I want you to see if you can determine the keywords…
•   Of the points this morning…
• Witness.................................................................
!! • 1Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased… that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”
•   What is the witness of Jesus in regards to prayer?
•   What is his witness about the importance of prayer?
•   What was the witness he has left to the church…
•   And to all those who will take the time to seek…
•   The answer to all of those questions is…
!!! •   Jesus was a man of prayer…
•   He was totally dependent, devoted, and dedicated…
•   to someone else… to another… to his heavenly Father…
•   The witness from the gospel of Luke…
Luke 3:21
21[…] Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened.
Luke 5:16
He often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.
Luke 6:12
Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Luke 9:18
And it happened, as He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him
Luke 9:28-29
Now it came to pass […] that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
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