You can tell a lot about a person by what they say. Words have a particularly revealing power about them. As you listen carefully enough to what someone says, you can very quickly discover, someone’s priories, their worries, what is important to them. But more so – words have a particular revealing power to disclose the nature of a relationship between two people. What do your prayers reveal about your relationship with God? In Luke 11, Jesus refocuses us on the God to whom we pray, glorious, generous and good, and how we are to pray to him.
Introduction: The revealing power of words
Context
1. The priority of prayer (1)
2. The pattern of prayer (2-4)
a. Addressed to the Father
b. Seeking God’s glory first
c. Dependant on God for all our needs
3. The practice of prayer (5-8)
a. Shameless urgency
b. Ask, seek, knock
4. The promise of prayer (9-13)
a. God is generous
b. God is good
Conclusion: The privilege of prayer
This sermon was preached at St Mary's Cathedral, Kuala Lumpur on 5th February 2017.
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