Life can seem really random sometimes, but God is working out His sovereign will through free moral agents. The book of Esther pictures divine sovereignty and human responsibility perfectly intertwined together.

Life can seem really random sometimes, but God is working out His sovereign will through free moral agents. The book of Esther pictures divine sovereignty and human responsibility perfectly intertwined together.

Prayer begins and ends with the glory and Kingdom of our God! Prayer is not about manipulating God to do our will, but it’s about transforming our will to do His will and bring Him glory! Strategic prayer begins with a relationship with the Living God and surrender to His will and plan to reach the lost with His Gospel and bring them into relationship with Himself!

Prayer begins and ends with the glory and Kingdom of our God! Prayer is not about manipulating God to do our will, but it’s about transforming our will to do His will and bring Him glory! Strategic prayer begins with a relationship with the Living God and surrender to His will and plan to reach the lost with His Gospel and bring them into relationship with Himself!

Does God want us to pray about our own needs? If so, how and what do we pray? We will see this week in Matthew 6:11-13 that God instructs us to ASK HIM specifically for provision, pardon and protection.

Does God want us to pray about our own needs? If so, how and what do we pray? We will see this week in Matthew 6:11-13 that God instructs us to ASK HIM specifically for provision, pardon and protection.

Kent Hughes has written, “The Lord’s model prayer is an outline of the elements that an ideal prayer should contain. Its simple structure is very specific. It begins with the foundational awareness that God is our ’Dearest Father’ with whom we have the intimacy of a father-daughter or father-son relationship.

Kent Hughes has written, “The Lord’s model prayer is an outline of the elements that an ideal prayer should contain. Its simple structure is very specific. It begins with the foundational awareness that God is our ’Dearest Father’ with whom we have the intimacy of a father-daughter or father-son relationship.

We are planning to study the Lord's Prayer over the course of the next three weeks. This is Jesus teaching His disciples hot to pray. It is our pattern for prayer. Jesus sets this up by teaching us how not to pray. He tells us not pray like hypocrites by praying to impress other people. (v. 5-6). He then tell us not pray by using vin repetitions and thinking we will be heard because of voicing a lot of words (v. 7-8).

We are planning to study the Lord's Prayer over the course of the next three weeks. This is Jesus teaching His disciples hot to pray. It is our pattern for prayer. Jesus sets this up by teaching us how not to pray. He tells us not pray like hypocrites by praying to impress other people. (v. 5-6). He then tell us not pray by using vin repetitions and thinking we will be heard because of voicing a lot of words (v. 7-8).