Discipleship Training Course

DTC- DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING COURSE
So in its essence:
1. Prayer is talking with God. Two way communication.
2. Prayer is an exercise of your faith.
3. Prayer is having communion with God.
4. Prayer is admitting our need and dependence on God.
How should we pray?
Matthew 6:5-15 MSG “And when you come before God, don‟t turn
that into a theatrical production either. All these people making a
regular show out of their prayers, hoping for stardom! Do you think
God sits in a box seat?
“Here‟s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you
won‟t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply
and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to
God, and you will begin to sense his grace.
“The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayerignorant.
They‟re full of formulas and programs and advice,
peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don‟t
fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and
he knows better than you what you need. With a God like this
loving you, you can pray very simply. Like this:
Our Father in heaven,
May Your holy name be honored;
May Your Kingdom come;
May Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today the food we need.
Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs
that others have done to us.
Do not bring us to hard testing,
But keep us safe from the Evil One.
Learning from this prayer that Jesus prayed to the Father in order
to teach us, it‘s profoundly noticeable that He leads us in a simple
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