The Lord's Prayer: Honoring Our Father

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Since Jesus has secured our adoption, Christians can approach God as His children and address 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 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 media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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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.
0:07.0	And so when Jesus said, when you pray, pray like this, the Lord's Prayer was a, for instance,
0:14.9	it was a model to follow. And in that regard, we need to look at the constituent elements of the Lord's Prayer
0:22.6	to see what is being communicated by Jesus in the Lord's Prayer as an instruction, as a
0:28.9	pedagogical model for his people.
0:36.7	We all want to grow in our prayer lives, don't we?
0:40.2	With all the distractions of our technological age, the busyness of our lives, and our
0:45.4	continual battle with the flesh, we sense and experience our need for growth in this area.
0:51.7	Certainly know I do.
0:53.3	Thankfully, the Lord Jesus left us with instructions
0:56.3	regarding prayer when the disciples asked him to teach them. This is the Saturday edition
1:02.7	of Renewing Your Mind. I'm Nathan W. Bingham. Even though Jesus left us with what is often
1:08.9	called the Lord's Prayer, instead of using
1:11.3	it to help shape and inform our prayer lives, many Christians simply repeat it word for word
1:17.9	as a static prayer, and in so doing, miss how the Lord's Prayer can help each of us as we
1:23.4	spend time in prayer.
1:25.9	Before we hear from R.C. Sprawl on the role of supplication in prayer,
1:30.0	in the beginning of his walkthrough of the Lord's Prayer,
1:32.7	if you'd like to own Dr. Sproul's complete series on prayer,
1:36.4	you can request it when you donate before midnight tonight at renewingyourmind.org.
1:42.0	We'll unlock the series and study guide for you in the free Ligonier app,
1:46.4	and we'll send you a bonded leather edition of the Valley of Vision. R.C. Sproles said,
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