by Tammy Phillips, originally from Jesus (with additional help from Jentzen Franklin and Charles Spurgeon)
Last week, I promised to show you how to pray, so there are no excuses. Here with a little help from brothers is how I pray. It is an expounded version of the Lord’s Prayer. Follow Jesus’ lead in…
“In this manner, therefore, pray:
1. PATERNITY
“Our Father in heaven…”
Know who your Daddy is! Know your identity and use it.
As followers and joint heirs of Jesus, God, Creator of it all, is our Father.
Thus, we know Whose we are.
We believe that He is Who He says He is and will do what He says He will do.
He is Truth and cannot lie. He is a Promise Maker and Promise Keeper.
2. PRAISE
Hallowed be Your name.
Holy, pure, clean, sanctified, is Your Name.
Know His name.
Yahweh, I Am. I was. I always have been and always will be.
Jehovah Rapha, the God who heals.
Jehovah Jireh, the God who is more than enough.
Jehovah Shammah, God who is there.
Jehovah Shalom, the God of peace.
El Shaddai, God Almighty.
El Roi, the God who Sees.
JESUS!
Begin with gratitude and thankfulness for all that God is .
His name is above every name ever named or to be named…
Sin, sickness, Satan, death, disease, cancer, covid, poverty, fear, anxiety…
“Holy, Holy, Holy”
3. PRIORITY
Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
Ask what you need. Ask for God’s will to be done not yours.
Seek first His kingdom and then all these things shall be added unto you.
Instruct us an teach us the way to go. Order our steps.
He has already said there is no lack, sickness nor tears in heaven,
so, we can deduce that is His will on earth and ask accordingly.
4. PROVISION
Give us this day our daily bread.
We are totally dependent on You, Father, for everything.
Your name is Jehovah Jireh, our Provider, God of More than Enough.
Your word says, “My God shall supply all your need
according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Ask and it shall be given.
5. PARDON
And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.
Ask for forgiveness of all your sins. Forgive those who have sinned against you.
We owe it. He paid it. He pardons. We must follow His example
“For if you forgive men their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Mat 6:15 NKJV)
6. POWER
And do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.
“The man who is forgiven is anxious not to offend again.
The possession of justification leads to an anxious desire for sanctification.”
-C. Spurgeon
God lives inside us. He is the power inside to overcome.
Jesus overcame EVERY temptation.
Holy Spirit will lead, guide and direct how to overcome,
every time, in every temptation if we ask, believe.
Take authority as a child of God.
Put on the whole armor of God. (Ephesians 6:10)
“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Mat 26:41)
7. PRAISE
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
When we are enlightened and pray through the Lord’s example, it leads us into His presence and to victorious praise to our reigning King whose Kingdom, power, authority and glory knows no end. We are adopted into His kingdom and thus reign with Him now, and forever. We have to take our place. We have to talk with Him. We have a royal heritage and need to speak and act like it, all the while giving Him all the credit and praise due to the Very Best Daddy ever.
Complete in Him 