Our Heavenly Father

• Devotional for Midweek Prayer Meeting *

I. THREE BASIC ELEMENTS TO PRAYER

A. Communion
B. Intercession
C. Supplication (petition/requests)

II. COMMUNION

A. Access
"Our Father in heaven" acknowledges…

1. our salvation from Christ, John 1:12
2. our surrender to Christ, Rom 8:14
3. our sonship in Christ, Rom 8:15
4. our security with Christ, Rom 8:16
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B. Authority
"Our Father in heaven" acknowledges…

1. the authority of Christ, Matt 28:18
2. the ascended reality of Christ, Heb 1:3

C. Association
"Our Father in heaven" acknowledges…

1. our relationship to other believers, 1 Cor 12:26-27
2. our responsibility to one another, 1 Cor 12:25

D. Application

1. humbled by access to heaven thru Christ
2. humbled by audience in heaven with Christ
3. humbled by admission into holy body of believers by Christ