Twenty-Seven Days: In the House of Prayer

By Des Baker

27DAYS ...In the House of Prayer is study of the Lords Prayer divided into twenty-seven daily devotionals. The author is taken on a guided tour of the House of Prayer, a picture of the Lords Prayer, by a mysterious visitor who explains to him the prayer and how to use it. He is guided as he seeks to become proficient in the art of prayer for he learns that prayer is the language of a relationship and that relationship is one of love. Prayer is the language of love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Mar 11, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493136087

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Twenty−Seven Days

IN THE HOUSE OF PRAYER

Des Baker

Copyright © 2014 by Des Baker.

ISBN:                  Hardcover                        978-1-4931-3606-3

                            Softcover                          978-1-4931-3607-0

                            eBook                               978-1-4931-3608-7

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Rev. date: 03/06/2014

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Contents

Acknowledgment

Introduction

Day 1   Our Father in heaven

Day 2   Our Father in heaven

Day 3   Our Father in heaven

Day 4   Hallowed be your name

Day 5   Hallowed be your name

Day 6   Hallowed be your name

Day 7   Hallowed be your name

Day 8   Hallowed be your name

Day 9   Your kingdom come

Day 10   Your kingdom come

Day 11   Your kingdom come

Day 12   Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven

Day 13   Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven

Day 14   Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven

Day 15   Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven

Day 16   Give us today our daily bread

Day 17   Give us today our daily bread

Day 18   Give us today our daily bread

Day 19   Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors

Day 20   Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors

Day 21   Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors

Day 22   And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one

Day 23   And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one

Day 24   And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one

Day 25   And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one

Day 26   And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one

Day 27   Conclusion

Acknowledgment

The author would like to acknowledge the support of his wife and family and special friends Lois Kissick and Brian Willersdorf without whose encouragement, help and guidance 27DAYS would never have been written.

Introduction

Jesus was a man of prayer, and he lived the life of prayer before his disciples. They saw him pray, they heard him pray, and they asked him to teach them how to pray (Luke 11:1).

Jesus taught by demonstration, and his disciples learned by copying him. He showed them the type of life he wanted them to live and told them to copy what they had seen and heard. It was in this relationship of master and disciple, of demonstration and imitation, that he transferred information that was alive and ready to be used.

The Holy Spirit summarized his teaching on prayer in the passages we call the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4). Jesus said to the disciples, ‘This, then, is how you should pray’ (Matthew 6:9). It is in an easy-to-remember and easy-to-use format, an outline or framework on which we are to build our prayers.

In this story we will be referring to Matthew’s account as the Lord’s Prayer. This prayer is divided into six sections.

When God told Joshua to lead the children of Israel into the promised land, he said to him, ‘Do not let this book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful’ (Joshua 1:8).

Meditation is the time when you ask God to give you eyes to see, ears to hear, a mind to understand, and a heart to believe. It is thinking about the Word of God and the God of the Word. Many times through this story, you will have the opportunity to stop and meditate on a particular truth. Spend time there, for this is where these truths will sink into your life, rise up in your spirit, and flow through your heart.

As you meditate, the Holy Spirit will bring to your mind spiritual truths, truths that require a response. You will know in your heart when God is requiring a response from you, so let these truths be like the seed that falls