Unlock Potential of Prayer: Following Jesus' Example in Connecting, Honoring, Submitting, and Trusting

In Matthew 6: 9-15, He gave us the example. He said, “This is how you should pray,” and gave us an outline for prevailing prayer.

Beginning with verse 9 He has us acknowledge our relationship to God with “Our Father in Heaven”, and moving us to worship with, “Hallowed be your name.” This acknowledging His holiness and our deep reverence for Him that moves us to worship Him.

When He prays, “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven,” in verse 10, He is speaking of our surrender to the will of God, as obedient citizens in His kingdom. When we are living in obedience, we have the privilege of requesting His provision for our needs, as in verse 11. He enables us to have the supply we need in order to accomplish our assignment.

In verse 12, we come to a very difficult, but essential part of the prayer, “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” If we desire forgiveness, we must give forgiveness! This so important that He refers to this with a further explanation in verses 14 and 15.

His requests in verse in verse 13 are for God to lead him His way and protect him as he serves in obedience. All of this tells us to prevail in prayer, we must be seeking God’s will, not ours. We are to pray for direction as we obey His will. We are to follow His plan, not just ask him to bless our plan!

Now we come to, what may be the most difficult part for some to accomplish: Forgiveness. In verses 14-15, Jesus explains that we are forgiven our sins, if we forgive others who have sinned against us. He is saying we are to give to others what He has given us.

For your prayer life to be that which prevails victoriously with Father, the kind that moves mountains of doubt and blockages to God’s will being accomplished in our lives and in the world, you must pray, and internalize these truths.