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The Bold Asker. Luke 11:5-8. Prayer. Who I am in Christ. Teaching others. Helping Others. Right attitudes. Defining Prayer. “ A sk”. sounds selfish.
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The Bold Asker Luke 11:5-8
Prayer Who I am in Christ Teaching others Helping Others Right attitudes
Defining Prayer “Ask” sounds selfish • You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. James4:2,3 Don’t ask, don’t receive Do ask, don’t receive
The request “Teach us to pray” ??????? – lack of formality; Abba; Boldness; expectation???????
The Prayer Introduction: “Father” - Relationship I. God’s Purposes “Holy” “Your Kingdom Come” II. Personal Requests “Daily Bread” “Forgive Our Sins” Conclusion: “And (you) lead us… ”
The Illustration “Suppose” – Place yourself in the story
The Illustration v.7 – the difficult verse “Would the one inside say….?” v.8 – the punch line BOLDNESS
The Illustration The man got what he wanted because: He knew what he wanted He knew who could supply He had the boldness to ask
Dorothy: Your Majesty, If you were King, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?Lion: Not nobody, not nohow!Tin Man: Not even a rhinoceros?Lion: Imposserous!Dorothy: How about a hippopotamus?Lion: Why, I'd trash him from top to bottomamus! Dorothy: Supposin’ you met an elephant? Lion: I’d wrap him up in celophant
Scarecrow: What if it were a brontosaurus?Lion: I'd show him who was King of the Forest!All Four: How? Lion: How?
Courage! What makes a King out of a slave?....Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? …Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk,in the misty mist or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk?Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? ….Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? ….Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot?What puts the "ape" in apricot?What have they got that I ain't got?All Four: Courage!Lion: Then you can say that again!