Check Your Understanding

Jesus speaks in such broad terms about asking because He wants us to learn what?

How to live dependently and expectantly with God every day.
Sometimes prayer works, and sometimes it doesn’t.
God doesn’t want us to be too specific when we ask.
We need to pray three times a day.

What was the point of Dr. Banks’ story about how God met his need unexpectedly when he was in college?

God wants us to ask for material things.
God will only answer our prayers if we "have our act together."
God is kind and wants us to come to Him just as we are.
We should only pray when we’re in trouble.

James 4:3 tells us that when we ask, we “do not receive, because” we ask . . .

With loud voices
Too infrequently
With wrong motives
At the wrong time

How often did Jesus use the phrase “whatever you ask”?

Only once
At least six times
Three times
Only when He spoke to the disciples

What is Jesus’ starting point for us in prayer?

We have to have our words just right so that God will listen.
We have to pray aloud in church so that others will hear us.
We serve a generous and loving God who really wants us to ask.
We serve a God who is only sometimes interested in our prayers.

How many requests are in the Lord’s Prayer?

Six
Three
Five
Four

Ole Hallesby said that “only those who _____ can truly pray.”

Are filled with faith
Know God's word
Are strong in the Lord
Are helpless

What do the order of the requests in the Lord’s Prayer show us?

God really doesn’t care what we ask about.
We have to pray a certain way or God won’t answer us.
God wants us to pray with a kingdom-focus for our lives.
God wants our praying to be all about us.

“Praying when we’re in the middle of temptation is like turning on the light outside on a hot night, and seeing the roaches run for cover,” because . . .

The devil simply cannot stand against Jesus.
It changes our outlook on what we’re facing.
It helps us forget what we’re thinking about.
Prayer causes other people to help us.

On whom are the first requests of the Lord’s Prayer focused?

Us
God
Others
The church

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