1. The Disciples’ Prayer
Part 1
Luke 11:1-4

2. • Acts 2:42 They were continually devoting
themselves…to prayer.

3. • Acts 2:42 They were continually devoting
themselves…to prayer.
• “The secret of all failure is our failure in secret
prayer.” Unknown

4. • Acts 2:42 They were continually devoting
themselves…to prayer.
• “The secret of all failure is our failure in secret
prayer.” Unknown
• “When we work, we work, when we pray, God
works.” Oswald Smith

5. • 1. God desires our fellowship with Him through
prayer:

6. • 1. God desires our fellowship with Him through
prayer:
• Psalms 116:1-2 I love the LORD, because He hears
My voice and my supplications. (2) Because He
has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I shall call
upon Him as long as I live.

7. • 2. All of the great people of the Bible whom God
used to perform His work were men and women of
prayer. From Abraham to Paul.

8. • 3. We pay to discern and do the will of God:

9. • 3. We pay to discern and do the will of God:
• Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your
heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
(6) In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will
make your paths straight.

10. • 4. It is a means of appropriating God’s help at the
point of our need:

11. • 4. It is a means of appropriating God’s help at the
point of our need:
• Hebrews 4:15-16 For we do not have a high priest
who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but
One who has been tempted in all things as we are,
yet without sin. (16) Therefore let us draw near
with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we
may receive mercy and find grace to help in time
of need.

12. • 5. It is a means of maintaining the joy of our
salvation:

13. • 5. It is a means of maintaining the joy of our
salvation:
• John 16:24 "Until now you have asked for nothing
in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your
joy may be made full.

14. • 6. It is a means of appropriating the peace of God
in our hearts and minds:

15. • 6. It is a means of appropriating the peace of God
in our hearts and minds:
• Philippians 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in
everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known to
God. (7) And the peace of God, which surpasses
all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your
minds in Christ Jesus.

16. • 7. It is a means of appropriating God’s power in
our ministries:

17. • 7. It is a means of appropriating God’s power in
our ministries:
• Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place
where they had gathered together was shaken,
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to speak the word of God with boldness.

18. • 8. It is a means of considerable influence with the
Father:

19. • 8. It is a means of considerable influence with the
Father:
• James 5:16b The effective prayer of a righteous
man can accomplish much.

20. • 9. God wants to give us the desires of our hearts
inasmuch as they align with His will and everything
else He has revealed about prayer:

21. • 9. God wants to give us the desires of our hearts
inasmuch as they align with His will and everything
else He has revealed about prayer:
• Psalms 37:4-5 Delight yourself in the LORD; And He
will give you the desires of your heart. (5) Commit
your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He
will do it.

22. • 1. God desires our fellowship with Him through
prayer:
• 2. All of the great people of the Bible whom God
used to perform His work were men and women of
prayer.
• 3. We pray to discern and do the will of God:
• 4. It is a means of appropriating God’s help at the
point of our need:

23. • 5. It is a means of maintaining the joy of our
salvation:
• 6. It is a means of appropriating the peace of God
in our hearts and minds:
• 7. It is a means of appropriating God’s power in
our ministries:
• 8. It is a means of considerable influence with the
Father:
• 9. God wants to give us the desires of our hearts.

24. • (1) It happened that while Jesus was praying in a
certain place, after He had finished, one of His
disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as
John also taught his disciples."

25. • John 5:19 "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do
nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees
the Father doing; for whatever the Father does,
these things the Son also does in like manner.

26. • Philippians 2:6-7 who, although He existed in the
form of God, did not regard equality with God a
thing to be grasped, (7) but emptied Himself,
taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made
in the likeness of men.

27. • “Think of Jesus Christ. He was the Son of God, God
incarnate, the perfect man and the absolute
Creator God who also as the God-man adequately
and continuously fulfilled every expectation of
God for man. He was the constant delight and joy
of the Father’s heart. He always pleased the
Father.

28. • Now, thinking of Him as such, ask yourself this
question. How much did He personally, as man,
contribute to His mighty works, deeds, and
ministry? NOTHING! Christ Himself gives us the
answer, “. . . the father abiding in me does His
works” (John 14:10). And how did that come
about? Through prayerful dependence on the
Father!” J. Hampton Keathley

29. • “Prayer for our Lord proceeded out of a basic
attitude of deep dependence that resulted in a
very intimate fellowship that He always had with
the Father because, from the standpoint of His
humanity, He was totally convinced He could do
nothing of (His) own resources. It is this that
undoubtedly brought deep conviction and longing
in the lives of the disciples.

30. • They came to recognize that, while they could be
believers in the Lord, they could not be true
disciples who became like their teacher (Luke 6:40)
unless they learned to pray to the Father like the
Lord Jesus in the intimacy and dependency that He
constantly demonstrated.” J Hampton Keathley

31. • John 14:12-14 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who
believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also;
and greater works than these he will do; because I
go to the Father. (13) "Whatever you ask in My
name, that will I do, so that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. (14) "If you ask Me anything
in My name, I will do it.

32. • Matthew 6:7 "And when you are praying, do not
use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for
they suppose that they will be heard for their
many words.

33. • (2) And He said to them, "When you pray, say:
'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom
come.

34. • (2) And He said to them, "When you pray, say:
'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom
come.
• Psalms 42:1 As the deer pants for the water
brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God.

35. • “Prayer is the thoughtful exercise of the heart and
the mind through which we seek to draw near to
God in worship and dependence on Him because
of who He is as our sovereign God and support.”
J Hampton Keathley

36. • John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them
He gave the right to become children of God, even
to those who believe in His name,

37. • John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them
He gave the right to become children of God, even
to those who believe in His name,
• John 16:23 Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the
Father for anything in My name, He will give it to
you.

38. • Ephesians 6:18 With all prayer and petition pray at
all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on
the alert with all perseverance and petition for all
the saints,

39. • Hebrews 4:16 Therefore let us draw near with
confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may
receive mercy and find grace to help in time of
need.

40. • Revelation 5:13b To him who sits on the throne
and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and
power, for ever and ever!