This weekend I will be preaching Luke 11:1-13 at Bay Area as part of our study of the gospel of Luke. I will be answering the question the original disciples asked their Rabbi Jesus. How should we pray? Jesus gives them a prayer pattern based on the Kaddish and the Amidah of ancient Judaism. The pattern recorded in Luke 11:1-4 is simple but profound.
Intimate Worship (Father, Sanctified be Your Name) (Luke 11:2)
Pray the Names of God as worship:
El Elyon = the Most High
El Olam = Everlasting God
El Shaddai –The Almighty God
YHWH Jireh= The Lord Provides
YHWH Nissi = The Lord is My Banner
YHWH Shalom = The Lord is Peace
YHWH Roi = The Lord is Shepherd
YHWH Tsidekenu = The Lord Is our Righteousness
Qadosh Israel = The Holy One of Israel
Lift Up The King and His Kingdom (Luke 11:2)
Pray concentric circles starting with you
You
Your family
Your Small Group
Your Church
Your Neighborhood, Community, Workplace
Your Nation
The World
Cry Out in Daily Dependence (Luke 11:3-4)
Physically (Our Daily Bread)
Thank Him for His provision yesterday and ask him for it today
Spiritually (Forgiveness and Forgiving others, protection)
Confess your specific sins
Pray, forgiving others
Lead me not into temptation
Deliver me from the Evil One
Pray on the full armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-17)
Join me and the community of faith at Bay Area in praying this way for 7 days beginning October 28. Journal the ways the Lord answers your prayers in that timeframe. Comment here so we can all be encouraged by how God is working. Take the 7-Day prayer challenge October 28 – November 4. I bet this will change your prayer life forever.
Brian Haynes 
I may be late do have any more 7 day prayers
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We can pray the names in English, right?
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Of course!
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