Lord, Teach Us to Pray: How to Pray Powerfully and Effectively Through an Understanding of Christ’s Model Prayer to His Disciples
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IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT PRAYER AND COMMUNING WITH GOD, YOU'LL WANT THIS BOOK!
"And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples." ~Luke 11:1
How Can the Christian Pray Powerfully and Effectively?
When Christ's disciples finally ask Him how to pray...
He gives them the same model of prayer that they heard in the Sermon on the Mount and in every town and village where the Lord preached. This model prayer, commonly called the Lord's prayer, should actually be called the disciples' prayer.
This is how Jesus said that we should pray; not by reciting this prayer in vain repetition, but by communing and communicating with God according to the heavenly truths the Lord Jesus reveals in Scripture.
LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY is not an exhaustive treatise on prayer, but it does present a solid foundation for any Christian desiring a more powerful and effective prayer life.
SOME OF WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER IN THIS BOOK:
DO NOT BE ANXIOUS
- Expresses the sin of worry and anxiety through the scripture, and the cure for that anxiety is prayer, trusting in a sovereign God.
TEACH US TO PRAY
- The request of the disciples and the Lord's response.
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER
- Understanding to Whom we pray and with whom we have a relationship.
GOD'S HOLY NAME
- Approaching a holy God with reverent fear and trembling.
GOD'S HEAVENLY KINGDOM
- Learning submission and surrender to the advancement of God's kingdom upon earth through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
GOD'S HEAVENLY WILL
- Learning submission and surrender to God's plans and purposes according to His holy will and good pleasure.
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE...
- Containing 16 chapters in all Iplus the Preface) and covering the Lord's teaching on prayer from Luke 11.
If you desire to secure POWER from high through a more blessed prayer life, then LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY is for YOU!
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Jon J. Cardwell
Jon J. Cardwell is a wretched sinner saved by God's free and sovereign grace. He lives in Anniston, Alabama with his wife, Lisa, and his mother-in-law, Virginia. He has four grown children and two grandchildren. He is the pastor at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Anniston after having ministered as a missionary and as a missionary-pastor in the Philippines, California, and remote bush Alaska.He is the author of the bestseller, Christ and Him Crucified, the CEO of Anniston Web Services and freelances as a copywriter, publisher, ghostwriter and video producer through Eclectic Cattle Productions, and the founder and overseer of Free Grace Tentmakers. Jon has also held the office of vice-chairman of the national Sovereign Grace Baptist Fellowship (2009-11), and was elected as chairman on September 13, 2011 and reelected to serve another year in 2012.His Christianity has been shaped tremendously and influenced deeply by such redeemed sinners as John Bunyan (1628-1688), Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), John Newton (1725-1807), and Granville Gauldin (1929- ).
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Lord, Teach Us to Pray - Jon J. Cardwell
LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY
How to Pray Powerfully and Effectively Through an Understanding of Christ’s Model Prayer to His Disciples
by Jon J. Cardwell
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Copyright © 2009-2016
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Unless otherwise indicated, scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright (c) 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture references marked KJV
are from the King James Version of the Holy Bible. The King James Version is in the public domain.
Cover Design by Jon J. Cardwell © 2011
Table of Contents
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A Preface and Revision
1. Do Not Be Anxious
1. Do Not Be Anxious
2. Teach Us to Pray
3. Our Heavenly Father
4. God’s Holy Name
5. God’s Heavenly Kingdom
6. God’s Heavenly Will
7. God’s Daily Provision: The Holy Spirit
8. God’s Daily Provision: The Word of God
9. God’s Daily Provision: The Bread of Life
10. Keeping at the Cross: Forgiveness, Part 1
11. Mercy at the Cross: Forgiveness, Part 2
12. Blessedness of the Cross: Forgiveness, Part 3
13. Humble Redemption
14. Humble Deliverance
15. Earnest, Agonizing Prayer
16. Further Instructions
Prayer is not optional
Prayer is not pretentious
Prayer is not vainly repetitive
Prayer is not conjured
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A Preface and Revision
Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
When it became certain that we must leave Scammon Bay, Alaska, it seemed there was still much to be done; nevertheless, we surely realized that everything that had already been accomplished was done by the grace of God. All things were in His hands; and from His hand He supplied; by His hand He directed; with His hand He protected and comforted.
I compiled this book very quickly from brief devotional messages and regular sermons I had preached in Alaska. They were compiled about three years after I had delivered the messages, and more than a year after having departed Scammon Bay. When I discovered online publishing, for some silly reason I thought I needed to put together as quickly as possible this book so that our beloved Yup’ik brethren could have this ready resource. Yes, I do say silly
because, after all, was it not God’s grace that brought them to where they are? And was it not God’s grace that would sustain them long after I have gone? Certainly, it was. As a result, I threw the book together, and other books, such as A Puritan Family Devotional, a booklet we had only printed from a cumbersome laser printer in the past. It was my desire to get these books to Alaska as quickly as possible. As a result, some revisions and corrections were in order for just about every book.
This particular book initially failed to address, Thy Kingdom Come,
which is Chapter Five (God’s Heavenly Kingdom
) in this revised edition of the book. There were a few typos and some other mistakes. Still, at the time it seemed important to get the materials to the bush, warts and all, just so the saints in Christ would have something.
This revision also includes a new chapter, Earnest, Agonizing Prayer,
which draws truth from Christ’s prayer at Gethsemane on the night He was betrayed.
There is much, much, much more that could possibly have been included in this revised edition; however, the grace of prayer is a topic that we would take us to many aspects, many areas, and many perspectives for various situations and circumstances. Anyone familiar with books written about prayer might eventually speak of E.M. Bounds, having written an incredible amount on prayer contained in several volumes. With as many books as Mr. Bounds had written, most of those who have read his works will tell us that Bounds was far from exhausting the subject.
Christ taught prayer and so must we. Nevertheless, He was not very long about it. Our beloved Savior spent more time in prayer than He did teaching about it.
If this little book helps even one soul to be drawn more intimately to Christ through prayer, then it was certainly worth revising, and most definitely worth writing in the first place.
May we grow in grace and submit to the Spirit of Christ to strengthen us in faith for God’s sake and unto His greatest glory.
A Poem for Praying Disciples, Matthew 6:9-15
v9 Our Father who in heaven lives
And heavenly is Your frame;
You’re greater than all things you give;
Holy is Your blessed name!
v10 I pray dear Lord Your kingdom come,
And all Your will be done;
That all Your pleasure is fulfill’d,
And heav’n and earth is one.
v11 Give us this day our daily bread,
v12 And please forgive our debts;
As we also forgive debtors—
And Your mercy not forget.
v13 Lead us not into temptation,
Free us from the evil;
I do not have the strength myself
To defeat the devil.
v14 And if I have forgiven them
Who trespass and offend;
God’s mercy fills my heart with joy,
My Father has forgiv’n.
v15 And if I fail to forgive them
Who trespass and deceive;
‘Tis clear that my heart is not His:
Forgiveness’ unreceiv’d.
—J.J.C, A Puritan Bible Primer
1. Do Not Be Anxious
... do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God . Philippians 4:6
SADLY, MANY CHRISTIANS see prayer as preparation for the battle, when intercessory prayer is the battle.
Because the return of Christ is imminent, and because the gospel is so precious, the beloved saint is bestowed by God’s grace with a desire