Prayer 101
Prayer is more than asking God for things. At its simplest, prayer is doing this with God.
Talking / communicating with God
Finish the line: “Our Father in heaven, _____ be your name.”
Hallowed
Finish the line: “Give us today our daily _____.”
Bread
Finish the line: “Lead us not into _____.”
Temptation
This four-letter word traditionally ends the Lord's Prayer.
Amen
In Luke 11, Jesus tells us to do these three things when coming to God in prayer.
Ask, seek, and knock
To “hallow” God's name means to recognize and treat His name as this.
Holy
Asking for “daily bread” teaches us to depend on God for these.
Our daily needs
According to 1 Corinthians 10:13, God provides this when we face temptation.
A way of escape
“Amen” communicates something like “truly,” “let it be so,” or “I _____.”
Believe / agree
Philippians 4 says that instead of worrying, we should bring our requests to God with this attitude.
Thanksgiving
When we pray “Your Kingdom come,” we're asking for more than getting what we want—we're seeking God's presence and His _____.
Kingdom / reign
In “forgive us our debts,” the word debts refers to this.
Our sins
According to Genesis 3, this animal tempted Eve by questioning what God had said.
The serpent
Finish the doxology: “For yours is the kingdom, and the _____, and the glory forever.”
Power
Jesus teaches that we should pray to God with the confidence of a child approaching a good _____.
Father
As citizens of God's Kingdom, Christians should think and live differently from this.
The world
Jesus paid the debt of our sin through His death on this.
The cross
Ephesians 6 compares God's protection for Christians to a full suit of this.
Armor
According to Revelation 5, Jesus is worthy because He purchased people for God by His _____.
Blood
When God doesn't answer a prayer the way we hoped, it does not mean He didn't hear us. We can trust that He answers according to these two things.
His wisdom and love
Praying “Your will be done” means surrendering our own desires and trusting that God's _____ is better than ours.
Will / plan
Finish the idea: “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our _____.”
Debtors / those who sin against us
Name three pieces of the Armor of God listed in Ephesians 6.
Any 3: Belt of truth, breastplate/armor of righteousness, shoes/readiness of the gospel of peace, shield of faith, helmet of salvation, sword of the Spirit
James 1 compares someone who asks God while doubting to this natural object being driven and tossed by the wind.
A wave of the sea