Wood Baptist Church

A. Who is Jesus the Annointed One

B. The same yesterday, today, and forever

Jesus ...

A. Shows us God - He is the way

B. Shares salvation with us - He is the truth

C. Shines forever in and through us - He is the life

Persistence in Prayer 

Cf Luke 11:5-10

A. Attitude 

B. Request and response

C. Lesson

Our Father in heaven ...

A. Direct us from seducing circumstances

B. Deliver us from the snare of the devil 

C. Doxology to God's glory

A. The continued presence of sin 

B. The consistent practice of confession 

C. The critical priority of forgiveness 

"When we pray, 'Give us this day our daily bread,' we are, in a measure, shutting tomorrow out of our prayer. We do not live in tomorrow but in today. We do not seek tomorrow's grace or tomorrow's bread. They thrive best, and get most out of life, who live in the living present. They pray best who pray for today's needs, not for tomorrow's, which may render our prayers unnecessary and redundant by not existing at all!" E.M. Bounds

A. A prayer of dependence - Give us today

B. Requesting our provisions - our daily bread

C. God's willingness to answer - Matthew 7:9-11

The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer but unoffered prayer - F.B. Meyer

A. Praying for the advance of the gospel - "Your kingdom come"

B. Praying for the obedience of faith - "Your will be done"

C. Praying for the conformity of our will(s) to God's - "on earth as it is in heaven."

Our prayer is:

A. Grounded in our relationship with God - Our Father

B. Guarded by His authority - in heaven

C. Given in response to His glory - hallowed by Your name

A. The significance of prayer (5a)

B. The sincerity of prayer (5b-6)

C. The simplicity of prayer (7-8)

1. The birth of Savior (1-7)

2. The angelic message (8-14)

3. The visit and adoration (15-20)