The Lord's Prayer: The Inner Life of a Citizen of the Kingdom

Thesis: We can learn about the state of our own hearts based on what we pray for

1. Three General instructions
   a. Do not pray as a hypocrite
   b. Do not pray to yourself
   c. Pray before your Father in secret

2. Priorities in Prayer
   a. God's glory - the Glory of God is the paramount theme of the universe/Ps 19:1-2, Job 38-40
   b. God's authority - in His kingdom that authority has no opposition/Rom 15
   c. God's purposes - good, holy, perfect, agreeable and righteous/Is 42:8, Ps 115:1

3. Petitions in Prayer
   a. Provision
   b. Pardon
   c. Preservation - Jam 1:13, 1 Co 10:13
   d. Protection - reveals our utter weakness and defenseless against the devil

4. Posture in Prayer
   a. Aware - "Our Father in heaven"
   b. Frequently - daily
   c. Dependent - reminds us who is really in charge
   d. Broken - exposing our desperate need of grace, forgiveness, mercy and provision
   e. Sober - we battle against an unseen enemy
   f. Joyful - because "he loves us passionately to death"