WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.880 Hi Paki family, it is always a joy to uh to connect with you on our media platform, and even as we did last Monday, we continue in the place of prayer. 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:25.440 And for those who are listening to me, um both on our socials and live, we are praying that you get to be blessed, that we learn more about prayer. 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:46.960 Even as we said last week, that uh prayer it is our relationship with God, it is not just a one-off thing, it is something that we got to know that we have to keep praying and connecting with God in our spiritual life or in our work with the Lord. 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:53.439 So today I wanted us to model the prayer that uh we were given to pray. 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:56.880 That is our father's prayer that we all know about. 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:06.799 And if we can be able to connect well with our father's prayer, then we can be able to have a relationship that is all-rounded. 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:09.599 And this this is what it includes. 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:19.920 It includes um it includes our relationship with God, and this is whereby we adore God. 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:28.319 We begin by adoring God, and in Psalms 145, verse 3 great is the Lord and most worthy to be praised. 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:36.959 When we begin by adoring God, we are telling him how great he is, how gracious he is, how wonderful he is. 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:42.480 We just don't begin by telling him many things other than adoring him. 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:49.120 The second thing is confession, uh, that is acknowledging our sins. 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:55.280 You know, many are the times that we really fall short of the glory of God. 00:01:55.519 --> 00:02:04.799 But John 1, John 1 9 says, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us. 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:17.360 So when we go to the Lord, as we adore him, as we exhort him, we should also be quick because many are the times we fall short of the glory of God that we confess of our sins. 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:20.719 And then thirdly, we give thanks. 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:33.840 Many are the times we are very quick to go to God with our hearts of asking, oh, for this, or for lament lamenting, other than even uh being grateful. 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:36.879 Are you grateful for the life God has given you? 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:39.280 Are you grateful for the gift of health? 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:42.400 Are you grateful for the family that you belong in? 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:50.479 Are you grateful for your church, Parklands Baptist, and any other church where you fellowship with other believers? 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:53.919 It is important to be grateful for everything. 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.400 And then we go to supplication. 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:06.080 And when we talk of supplication, it is uh whereby we are now able to bring our request to God. 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:14.240 And when we bring our request to God, the Bible says in Matthew 7 7, ask and it will be given to you. 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:35.759 So when we are asking now, we are comfortable because we can be able now to come to God because we have poured ourselves out in adoration, in confessing our sins, in um in thanksgiving of being grateful to God, and then bringing our supplication to God. 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:49.520 That is how we should be able to connect with God in a nice way or in a good crafted way, so that the Lord can be able to connect with us in every dimension. 00:03:49.680 --> 00:04:11.840 So, blessed brethren, I want to pray that as we have learned about arts, adoration, confession, um, adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication, that will help you even as you continue in your relationship with God through communicating to Him in prayer. 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:13.039 God bless you. 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:15.520 Have a fabulous week ahead. 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:16.240 Amen.