Happy Friday! It’s time for your daily devotional. Many people look forward to Friday; it’s the end of the workweek and the start of two days of freedom. However, every day is exciting when you’re in Christ. You have more opportunities to draw closer to Him, receive more revelation, and grow stronger in prayer. In your daily devotional, prayer brings you closer to God.
Teach Us to Pray
In Luke 11, Jesus was praying, and when He finished, a disciple asked Him to teach them how to pray. Jesus’ prayers revealed His strong connection to the Father. He spoke with authority, and when Jesus prayed, He prayed with power.
The disciples desired to pray with this same intensity. They didn’t ask Jesus to teach them how to preach, but how to pray. In today’s daily devotional, prayer isn’t a technique or words learned by rote; it’s about communicating with the Father and being in His presence.
Pray to the Father
Jesus gave them a blueprint of what their prayers should look like. First, “When ye pray, say, Our Father, which art in heaven.” In the Old Testament, prayer began with “Our Father” for the nation of Israel. They felt “my Father” was too intimate, but He is your Father, who sits on the highest throne as King of the Universe. Next, “Hallowed be thy name.” In Hebrew, “Hallowed” means set apart. In other words, no one is like Him; therefore, His whole character or being is set apart and reverenced.
Then Jesus says, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.” God desires to increase His kingdom on earth. With faith, obedience, and hope, believers carry out His plan. In this daily devotional, His will is that none should perish; therefore, you’re to win souls to Christ. In this daily devotional, the best sermons don’t require words, for the life you live draws them to Him.
He Supplies Your Needs
In verse 3, Jesus instructs them to pray for their sustenance: “Give us day by day our daily bread.” God wants your day-to-day needs met. He has promised to supply your needs, “according to His riches in glory.” Know that God is concerned about every area of your life. You can expect Him to care and provide for you.
Verse 4 says, “Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us.” Just as you need food and other provisions, you have need of forgiveness. As bread fulfills the body’s needs, forgiveness fulfills the soul’s needs. In your daily devotional, if you confess your sins, God forgives sins, but you forgive debts or offenses done to you.
Lead Us Not
Jesus continues with, “And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.” The word “temptation” means tests. God does not tempt us to do evil, but He does allow testing in our lives, as He did with Job in his suffering, Abraham on Mt. Moriah, and Jesus in the wilderness.
However, this temptation is from the evil one, for Jesus says, “deliver us from evil.” Evil comes from Satan. But God can disallow Satan’s wicked schemes. In this daily devotional, pray for God’s intervention. God can put a hedge of protection around you that blocks Satan’s temptations.
Prayer Brings You Closer to God
In Friday’s daily devotional, Matthew 6 offers another version of the Lord’s Prayer, showing it’s not about exact words. Follow Jesus’ blueprint to pray with power. Pray to the Father, trust Him to meet your needs, ask for forgiveness, forgive others, and believe for God’s deliverance. In today’s daily devotional, spend more time with the Father, and you’ll get closer to Him through prayer.
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