Today on renewing your mind.

When we are engaged in prayer, the chief concern that we bring before God

or not the simple matters that are plaguing us on a daily basis,

but that the main business of our prayer is to pray for the success and the extension of the kingdom of God.

You know, as we study Scripture, we find that it corrects us in fundamental ways,

like what we expect from God. Lord, we cry, help me because I'm sad or I'm frightened or I need to be rescued.

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with crying out to God like that.

Scripture is filled with people pleading with God in similar ways,

but I find myself whispering those kinds of prayers a lot more than asking that God's will be done.

As we'll hear from Dr. R. R. C. Sprawl today, the Lord understands our frail humanity and gently corrects us as he teaches us to pray.

This morning we're going to continue with our study of the gospel according to St. Luke,

and it's another red letter moment because we're going to start a whole new chapter, chapter 11.

And this morning I will be reading chapter 11 verses 1 through 4,

which is one of the most familiar passages in all of the New Testament for you.

In as much as here we have Luke's account of Jesus teaching regarding the Lord's prayer.

Now it came to pass as he was praying in a certain place when he ceased that one of his disciples said to him,

Lord, teach us to pray. As John also taught his disciples, so he said to them,

when you pray, say, our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us day by day our daily bread and forgive us our sins,

for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us and do not lead us in the temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.

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