THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD
“PRAYER PARABLES”
Luke 11:1-13
1 Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His
disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”
2 So He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name Your
kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us
into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”
5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to
him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;
7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my
children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’?
8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his
persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be
opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be
opened.
11 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a
fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?
12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
I. THE PRAYER PATTERN
1. Speak to a familial person “Our Father”
2. Acknowledge His rank “Heaven”
3. Set Him apart “Hallowed be thy Name”
4. Declare - “Kingdom come” “Will be done”
5. Ask for needs “Daily Bread”
6. Forgiveness – “Others and Us”
7. Protection “Temptation and evil One”
8. Accolades
II. THE POSTURE OF PRAYER
1. Others – “3 Friends”
2. Knowledge of inadequacy “I don’t have what is needed”
3. Inconvenience
4. Persistence “I cannot rise and give You”
5. Assured answers
III. THE PERSON WE PRAY TO
1. Good Good Father
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