A Life of Discipleship
THE HEXAGON – LIVING
A LIFE OF PRAYER
Penge Baptist Church
9th June 2013
Jesus and prayer
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“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside
to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” (Luke
6:12)
“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark,
Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary
place, where he prayed.” (Mark 1:35)
After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and
prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son,
that your Son may glorify you.” (John 17:1)
Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called
Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I
go over there and pray.” (Matthew 26:36)
Jesus and the Lord’s prayer
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This, then, is how you should pray: “
‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be
your name, your kingdom come, your
will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread. Forgive
us our debts, as we also have forgiven
our debtors. And lead us not into
temptation,but deliver us from the evil
one.’ (Matthew 6:9-13)
6 phases of the Lord’s prayer
The Father’s character
(Matthew 6:9)
The Father’s
Protection
(Matthew
6:13b)
The Father’s
Guidance
(Matthew
6:13a)
The Father’s
kingdom
(Matthew
6:10)
The Father’s
provision
(Matthew
6:11)
The Father’s forgiveness (Matthew 6:12)
Practicing Jesus’ principles
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Praying your request and see where it
“sticks”
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Father, I know you are my caring, loving heavenly
Father.
You rule over all and will watch over me today
from your throne in heaven.
Let your glory be seen in all I do today.
I want your rule and will to be done in all my
thoughts and actions today.
Please provide for all my needs today, spiritual,
physical, emotional…….financial!
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Pour your prayer request through the model
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Father your reign in heaven extends down to here on
earth
Let your glory be seen in the life of my friend
In your kingdom there is no sickness, no pain.
Let your kingdom come in my friend’s life and body
today
Providing our daily bread and our daily provisions
includes having a healthy body so we can do your will,
so please heal my friend today
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Forgive my friend as he forgives others,
knowing that unforgiveness in our spirits
can affect our bodies too.
Let him not be tempted to turn from you,
his healer, in his hour of need.
And protect him from the principalities and
powers that want to cause him harm
Invite the Holy Spirit to cause you to
stick on a certain area
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Take one phrase of the Lord’s Prayer a
day and focus on it in prayer time
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What does calling the God of the Universe
“Father” really mean?
If he really is my Father, what
responsibilities does he have for me?
What do I have in my relationship with
him?
What does it mean that he is in heaven?
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See Lord’s Prayer as circular – see how
each phrase is met in the others:
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Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is
in heaven:
Give us today our daily bread. God’s loving desire is to
meet our needs, in his kingdom there is no want
Forgive us our debts, in God’s kingdom our sins are
washed away and never revisited
as we also have forgiven our debtors As we walk in
grace of God’s forgiveness we can forgive others.
Freely we have received so freely give is a law of
kingdom life
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And lead us not into temptation, It is God’s will that we
walk the path he has chosen for us. In his kingdom
that path will fulfil us and not leave us tempted to take
a quick fix
but deliver us from the evil one. The kingdom of God is
all light, darkness disappears. So forces of spiritual evil
has no power in God’s kingdom
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, The
kingdom is ruled by a king – who is our dad! We can
feel at home in the kingdom, we are not strangers but
sons and daughters. We belong in God’s kingdom.
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Use a “sticking point” to show a need for
repentance
Remember listening to God is an essential
part of prayer (“one mouth, two ears, use
them proportionally”). This fits in well with
“The Father’s Guidance” but you could also
perhaps think of the centre of the hexagon as
the gap, the space, in which we are quiet and
we listen to the Father’s Voice.
Link to the triangle
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UP
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IN
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Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name,
Your Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as
in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we also forgive those who
sin against us.
OUT
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And lead us not into temptation.
But deliver us from evil.
The Lord’s Prayer for Penge
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Father your reign in heaven extends down to here on
Penge, for you are the creator and sustainer of all things
Let your glory be seen in the life of God’s people here in
Penge and also in the wider community
In your kingdom there are no murders, fatherless
children, substance abuse, domestic violence…..
Let your kingdom come in the life of the people of Penge
today, empower and inspire God’s people to act in
accordance with your will to accomplish this as your
hands and feet
Providing daily bread and other financial needs requires
good jobs, adequate benefits, even food banks so please
provide for people’s needs
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Forgive the people of Penge for their sins, for you
loved them so much you died on the cross for them
Enable the people of Penge to forgive others, even
those who have hurt them; protect them against the
desire for revenge.
Let them not be tempted to turn to the path of the evil
one, be it via crime or abuse of others.
And protect them from the principalities and powers
that want to cause them harm, be it spritiually,
emotionally or physically; empower God’s people to
pray with authority against the forces of evil
overhanging Penge
Remember the hexagon!