Teach Us To Pray
Lesson 9: In Spirit and in Truth, part 4
Lesson 9: In Spirit and in Truth, part 4John 4:24 – “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”What Jesus said to the woman of Samaria, she could not at once understand. Pentecost was needed to reveal its full meanin…
Lesson 10: Pray to Your Father Who is in Secret, part 1
Lesson 10: Pray to Your Father Who is in Secret, part 1Matthew 6:6 - But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.After Jesus had called His first…
Lesson 11: Pray to Your Father Who is in Secret, part 2
Lesson 11: Pray to Your Father Who is in Secret, part 2We ended our previous lesson with the words that every thought or petition we breathe out will be simple, hearty, childlike trust in the Father. This is how He teaches us to pray. He brings us…
Lesson 12: Pray to Your Father Who is in Secret, part 3
Lesson 12: Pray to Your Father Who is in Secret, part 3“And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.” Here Jesus assures us that secret prayer cannot be fruitless; its blessing will show itself in our life. We have but in secret, alone with…
Lesson 13: After This Manner Pray, part 1
Lesson 13: After This Manner Pray, part 1“After this manner therefore pray: Our Father who is in heaven.” Matthew. 6:9.Every teacher knows the power of example. He not only tells the child what to do and how to do it, but shows him how it really can…
Lesson 14: After This Manner Pray, part 2
Lesson 14: After This Manner Pray, part 2The lesson is of more importance than we think. In true worship the Father must be first, must be all. The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that HE may be glorified, the richer will the blessing…
Lesson 15: After This Manner Pray, part 3
Lesson 15: After This Manner Pray, part 3“Your kingdom come.” The Father is a King and has a kingdom. The son and heir of a king has no higher ambition than the glory of his father’s kingdom. In time of war or danger this becomes his passion; he can…
Lesson 16: After This Manner Pray, part 4
Lesson 16: After This Manner Pray, part 4“And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.” As bread is the first need of the body, so is forgiveness for the soul. And the provision for the one is as sure as for the other. We are child…
Lesson 17: The Certainty of the Answer to Prayer, part 1
Lesson 17: The Certainty of the Answer to Prayer, part 1Matthew 7:7-8 - Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who…