Transcript Starting Point for letting the Lord’s Prayer Live in You

Developed by: Dennis Fuqua
www.livingprayer.net
© 2010 Dennis Fuqua
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Have a desire to pray more and better
If you don’t have that desire, ask the Lord to
give it to you
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Note the pattern normally is from “desire to
discipline to delight”
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Ask the Lord to “teach you to pray” – over and
over again
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Recognize your need of help
Recognize that He deeply desires to help you (this is
part of “His will”)
As an expression of your faith that He will
answer this prayer…
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Regularly express thanks to Him that He is and will
teach you to pray
Set aside regular time and approach it with
anticipation
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Be convinced that His best answers will flow
from the pattern of the Lord’s Prayer
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He was serious when He gave these instructions
Remember Matthew 7:24-27 and John 13:17
See the value of praying this pattern “today” –
each day
Ask the Holy Spirit to creatively expand each
word or line of this prayer – like hyper-links on
a web page
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Make notes of the way He makes this prayer
“alive in you”
i.e. The meaning of each word or line
 The relationship of each word or line to each other
 The application of the words or lines to various
aspects of your life
 The “methods” of prayer you begin to develop
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“Practice” this for the next 50 years and see
how it works out for you
It actually does take practice to pray in a new way
 Don’t let any sense of awkwardness stop you
 Think of it as playing scales prior to learning a great
piece of music
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