The Lord’s Prayer: Honoring Our Father
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Because Jesus has secured our adoption, Christians can approach God as His children, addressing Him as Father. Today, R.C. Sproul investigates what Christ’s model prayer teaches us about our relationship with God.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | He gave the Lord's prayer in response to the disciples asking to be taught how to pray. |
| 0:07.3 | And so when Jesus said, when you pray, pray like this, the Lord's Prayer was a, for instance, it was a model to follow. |
| 0:18.0 | And in that regard, we need to look at the constituent elements of the Lord's Prayer to see what is being communicated |
| 0:25.0 | by Jesus in the Lord's Prayer as an instruction as a model for his people. |
| 0:36.0 | We all want to grow in our prayer lives, don't we? |
| 0:39.0 | With all the distractions of our day, |
| 0:42.0 | the busyness of our lives, and our continual battle with the flesh. |
| 0:46.0 | We sense and experience our need for growth in this area. |
| 0:50.0 | Thankfully, the Lord Jesus left us with instructions regarding prayer when the disciples asked |
| 0:55.5 | him to teach them. |
| 0:58.0 | This is the Saturday edition of renewing your mind. |
| 1:00.9 | I'm your host, Nathan W Bingham. |
| 1:04.4 | Even though Jesus left us with what we call the Lord's prayer, |
| 1:08.0 | instead of using it to help shape and inform our prayer lives, many Christians merely repeat it word for word as a static prayer |
| 1:16.8 | and in so doing miss how the Lord's prayer can help each of us as we spend time in prayer. |
| 1:23.8 | Before we hear from R.C. Sprawl on the role of supplication in prayer |
| 1:28.1 | and the beginning of his walk-through of the Lord's prayer, |
| 1:31.3 | if you'd like to own Dr. Sprawl's complete series's prayer. If you'd like to own Dr Sproll's complete series on prayer, you can |
| 1:35.3 | request it with your donation of any amount at renewing your mind.org. But remember that this |
| 1:40.8 | offer ends at midnight. |
| 1:43.6 | Well, here's Dr. Sproll to continue our study on prayer. |
| 1:49.9 | The Apostle Paul and his letter to the Philippians gives an admonition that I find exceedingly |
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