1. WEEK 10 ¤ WHEN YOU PRAY
MATT 6:5-15

2. Matthew 6:1 (NASB)
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.”
“spiritual maturity isn’t measured by how high you jump in praise but how straight you walk in obedience.” – unknown

3. when you pray… public prayer
what Jesus condemned was playing the role of “a person of prayer” without really seeking God
Jesus confronted the Pharisees’ love of basking in the admiration of people

4. when you pray… private prayer the place itself isn’t of importance
get away / no distractions
no fear of criticism
be still enough to LISTEN
no show

5. when you pray… prayer is too serious to be done in pretense!
the reward spoken of here is not a reimbursement for something; it is a natural consequence, a by-product of prayer

6. when you pray… less is more He did not mean ‘don’t continue to ask’
Matt 26:44 So He left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.

7. the model prayer

8. relationship

9. praise

10. kingdom

11. His will

12. needs

13. forgiveness

14. to forgive

15. protection

16. deliverance

17. celebration of the Body of Christ
the model prayer
words not found in the prayer:
I, me, my, or mine
celebration of the Body of Christ