The Lord's Prayer: Relying on God
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 29 November 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Prayer reminds us of our absolute dependence upon the provision, pardon, and protection of God. Today, R.C. Sproul explains how the Lord's Prayer teaches us to rely on the Lord, forgive others, and resist temptation.
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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 | There are two things that you must always remember when you pray. |
| 0:03.3 | You have to remember who God is, and you have to remember who you are. |
| 0:07.2 | You are addressing the one who is absolutely sovereign, who is the king over all things, |
| 0:13.8 | whose almighty power governs every iota of the universe. |
| 0:26.7 | And you need to realize that he is the God of absolute glory who will share his glory with no man. Prayer is an act of humility as we acknowledge our dependence upon God, that He is the Creator, |
| 0:44.3 | and we are the creature, that God is, as R. C. Sprold just reminded us, absolutely sovereign, the |
| 0:51.3 | king over all things. And we'll continue our study of prayer today as Dr. Sproul finishes his examination of the Lord's |
| 1:00.0 | Prayer. |
| 1:01.0 | Hi, and welcome to this Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 1:07.0 | Prayer is part of the Christian life. |
| 1:09.0 | We're called to pray without ceasing. |
| 1:12.1 | Yet it is an area where we all have room to grow. |
| 1:16.1 | And so far, R.C. Sprawl has taught us a simple acrostic, Axe, A-C-T-S, to aid us as we pray. |
| 1:24.1 | And he's now in the middle of unpacking what Jesus taught us in the Lord's Prayer. |
| 1:29.7 | But before we get to today's message, remember that when you give a donation in support of |
| 1:34.3 | renewing your mind at Renewing Your Mind.org, not only will you receive lifetime digital access |
| 1:40.4 | to this series and its study guide, will send you a bonded leather edition of the |
| 1:46.1 | Valley of Vision, the widely popular collection of Puritan prayers. |
| 1:52.3 | Well, here's Dr. Spraw on the second half of the Lord's Prayer. |
| 1:57.0 | As we continue now with our study of prayer, we look again to the Lord's Prayer, which we began |
| 2:04.5 | in the last session. |
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