Teach Us to Pray A Study of the Lord’s Prayer

2. Teach Us to PrayA Study of the Lord’s Prayer Obeying God’s Commandments Matthew 6:13

3. Pride – Satan’s downfall. Envy – Desire material things and jealous of others’ possessions. Lust – 97% of men admit to lusting, other 3% lied. Sloth – Complacent, procrastination. Greed – Undermines contentment. Anger – Moses was severely disciplined by God for anger. Gluttony – Usually associated with eating, can relate to overdoing anything. The “Seven Deadly Sins”

4. 1 Peter 2:11 • 11 Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.

5. Lead Us Not Into Temptation • What Does This Phrase Not Mean? • We are not asking God to lead us only to places where we will never be tempted.

6. Matthew 26:41 • 41“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.

7. Lead Us Not Into Temptation • What Does This Phrase Not Mean? • We are not asking God to lead us only to places where we will never be tempted. • We are not asking God to never entice us to sin.

8. James 1:13 • 13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.

9. Genesis 3:11-12 • 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” • 12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.

10. Three Sources of Temptation • The World – Peer pressure. • The Flesh – Our own sinful nature. • The Devil – Satan uses his supernatural prowess to persuade us to sin.

11. Lead Us Not Into Temptation • What Does This Phrase Not Mean? • We are not asking God to lead us only to places where we will never be tempted. • We are not asking God to never entice us to sin. • We are not asking God to never allow trials to come into our lives.

12. James 1:2-4 • 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.

13. Lead Us Not Into Temptation • What Does This Phrase Mean? • Keep me from self-imposed and unnecessary temptations.

14. Temptation Island

15. The Prayer of Jabez, Bruce Wilkinson • “Most of us face too many temptations; therefore, we sin too often because we don’t ask God to lead us away from temptation.”

16. The Prayer of Jabez, Bruce Wilkinson • “We make a huge spiritual leap forward, therefore, when we begin to focus less on beating temptation and more on avoiding it. The most effective war against sin we can wage is to pray that we will not have to fight unnecessary temptation; and God offers us supernatural power to do just that.”

17. Deliver Us From Evil • The NIV translates this phrase to mean, “deliver us from the evil one.”

18. 1 Peter 5:8 • 8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Holy Bible : New Living Translation. 1997 . Tyndale House: Wheaton, Ill.

19. Psalm 50:15 • 15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; • I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” Holy Bible : New Living Translation. 1997 . Tyndale House: Wheaton, Ill.

20. Deliver Us From Evil • The NIV translates this phrase to mean, “deliver us from the evil one.” • Satan is the evil one, but sometimes he works through evil ones.

21. 2 Thessalonians 3:2 • 2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith. Holy Bible : New Living Translation. 1997 . Tyndale House: Wheaton, Ill.

22. I Was Wrong, Jim Bakker • “I had opened the door to attack on the ministry I headed and on me personally. The devil had not made me do it. I had done it of my own stubborn will.” • “I stepped into the shower turning the water on as hot as I could stand it. I never had felt so dirty in all my life. Maybe if I make the water hotter, it will wash it all away, I thought. But of course, only the blood of Christ could wash it away.”

23. Proverbs 5:3-6 • 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, • and her speech is smoother than oil; • 4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, • sharp as a double-edged sword. • 5 Her feet go down to death; • her steps lead straight to the grave. • 6 She gives no thought to the way of life; • her paths are crooked, but she knows it not. The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.

24. Proverbs 5:7-8 • 7 Now then, my sons, listen to me; • do not turn aside from what I say. • 8 Keep to a path far from her, • do not go near the door of her house, The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.

25. An Old Saying… • If you don’t intend on going into the house, then stay off the front porch.

26. Joseph in the Old Testament… • Was tempted to adultery. • “I cannot do this thing and sin against my God.”

27. God is in the Delivery Business • He delivered the Israelites. • He delivered Daniel. • He delivered Esther. • He delivered Jarius’ daughter. • He delivered Peter. • He deliver Paul.

28. 1 Corinthians 10:13 • 13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.

29. Four Practical Suggestions • First, acknowledge your own ineptness. • The Bible says, “Take heed when you think you stand lest you fall.” • Gordon MacDonald said, “An unguarded strength can become a double weakness.”

30. Four Practical Suggestions • First, acknowledge your own ineptness. • Second, ask daily for deliverance from temptation. • Third, do your part to avoidthe temptation.

31. James 4:7-10 • 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.

32. Four Practical Suggestions • First, acknowledge your own ineptness. • Second, ask daily for deliverance from temptation. • Third, do your part to avoidthe temptation. • Fourth, make yourself accountable to another believer.

33. James 5:16 • 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.

34. 1 Samuel 17:34-37 • 34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. 37 The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.

35. Psalm 23:4 • 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, • I will fear no evil, • for you are with me; • your rod and your staff, • they comfort me. The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids. Zondervan.