Know the Father Dr. Chris Montgomery Luke 11: 1-4 | October 4, 2026
(Luke 11: 1-4) 1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 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 today our daily bread, 4 and forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” 1. Jesus says, if you want to pray you need to ________________________________________________. (Galatians 4:4–9c) 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. 8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? 2. When we are adopted as sons and daughters of God, we receive the Holy Spirit that creates a desire to ________________________________________________________. 3. Our heavenly Father is a father to the ____________________. 4. Our father is not affected by the __________________ of this world. 5. Our heavenly Father is holy, pure, perfect, and he always gives us what we __________. (Matthew 7:7-11) 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! Question: Who are the recipients of good gifts? Answer: God blesses the people in places where his name is ________________.
Question: What if our real problem is that we want what the Father can ________________ more than we want the ______________.