This document discusses Jesus' teachings on prayer from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 6:5-15. It provides commentary on key verses about praying privately rather than for show, keeping prayers simple rather than using vain repetitions, addressing God as Father, and submitting to God's will. The document also lists prayer requests from various individuals and discusses biblical principles for prayers that God answers, including praying according to God's will, in Jesus' name, with faith, and with the right motives.

1. Prayer
Mathew 6:5-15

3. Jesus Christ
Old Testament
• Gen - Dut are the law books
• Joshua-Esther are history books
• Job-Songs wisdom books
• Isa-Malachi prophetic books
New Testament
• Mat - Jhn are law books
• Acts - history book
• Rom-Jude Wisdom books
• Revelation prophetic book
Jesus Christ is the focal point of the Church Age
He is the Word of God

4. Scripture

5. Verse 5
• ““And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray
standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be
seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.”
• Their reward is that men have seen them
NB: WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ANY REASON, THE REASON YOU WERE
DOING IT FOR BECOMES YOUR REWARD

6. Verse 6
• “But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door,
pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in
secret will reward you openly.”
1. Go to your room
2. Shut the door
3. God is in a secret place
4. God sees in secret
5. Rewards
6. Does so openly

7. Verse 7
• “And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they
think that they will be heard for their many words.”
• When you pray alone you do not have time for impressing anyone
• The volume of the voice changes
• How many of us pray as we do here at church
• How many of us talk as we pray here at church

8. Verse 9
• “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.”
• When we address Him in prayer He is a Father,,, when we go out in service He is
our Master
• Hallowed means Honour and Holy is your name

9. Verse 10
• “Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.”
• There is a heavenly as it is and it must align to earthly as it is
– “But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I
have been working.”” John 5:17

10. Verse 11-13 (asking verses)
• “Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our
debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.” Mat 6:11-
13
• Prayer has many components
1. Admission of sonship
2. Worship
3. Heavenly alignment

11. Jesus a Man of Prayer
• Luke 3:21 (at his baptism)
• Luke 6:12-16 (before selecting the 12)
• Jesus had many desciples
• Luke 10:1 says 70
• Acts 1:15 says 120
• Luke 9:18-20
• “Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with
him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” They replied,
“Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that
one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.” “But what
about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered,
“God’s Messiah.”
After 6 days have passed, after Peter confirmed Him as the Messiah, they
were praying again

13. 2 Chronicles 7:14
• “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and
seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and
I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
• “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you
may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
James 5:16 NIV

14. PEDDIE

15. Scriptures
1. “If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”John 14:14 NKJV
2. “Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that
your joy may be full.”John 16:24 NKJV
3. “You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on
your pleasures.”James 4:3 NKJV
4. ““So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock,
and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks
finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. If a son asks for bread from any
father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give
him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a
scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask
Him!”” Luke 11:9-13 NKJV
5. “And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I will not let
You go unless You bless me!””
Genesis 32:26 NKJV
1. http://bible.us/114/gen.32.26.nkjv
Wethembekile uJesu

16. Prayer Items
1. Ndzondo
1. Business growth
2. Car
3. Money
4. Job
2. Zintle
1. Bible growth
2. School
3. Thobekazi
1. Dreams to be fulfilled
2. Church growth
3. Stop drinking
4. Zphelele
1. Job
2. Change my situation and my walk
3. I want to serve him
5. Nontsingiseleo
1. job
2. Forgiving heart
3. Peace at home
6. Sisipho
1. Course at Nmmu (pharmacy)
2. Relationship between siblings
3. Father to be healed
4. Parents to be in unity
7. Azola
1. Father to be healed
2. To change my ways
8. Anazo
1. Next year to be at school
2. success in everything
9. Sesethu
1. To be free from ukuJola
2. Parents marriage
3. Father to be healed
4. My child to be fed by the father
5. To grow in God and serve him
Wethembekile uJesu

17. THE KIND OF PRAYER GOD
ANSWERS
Pray according to the will

18. Prayer
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you
may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and
effective.”James 5:16 NIV

19. Prayer
The prayer of a righteous person
1. is powerful and
2. effective
Does that give me a permission to pray for everything
1. I pray that I have 1Million wives
2. I pray that I own the whole world
3. I pray that I own all the Banks and money in the world
4. I pray that I get a Degree without registering nor studying
5. I pray that you kill all my enemies

20. Pray according to the will
1. “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him,
2. that if we ask anything according to His will,
3. He hears us.
4. And if we know that He hears us,
5. whatever we ask,
6. we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”I John 5:14-15
“Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.””
Mark 3:35 NIV
NB: HANNAH PRAYS FOR A SON
1. Before you pray, you must know His will

21. Whatever You Ask
1. And whatever you ask in My name,
• Not your works
2. that I will do,
3. that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• Answered prayers bring Glory to God
4. If you ask anything in My name,
5. I will do it.”
John 14:13-14 NKJV

22. Believe
1. “But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
2. for he who comes to God must believe
3. that He exists,
4. and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
Hebrews 11:6 NKJV

23. Make Sure You Ask
1. “Until now you have asked nothing in My name.
2. Ask, and you will receive,
3. that your joy may be full.”John 16:24 NKJV
• Your joy is filled when you receive

24. Motive
“You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your
pleasures.”James 4:3 NKJV
“Noba sowude wathandaza ucela, awuzuzi, kuba kaloku iinjongo zakho zimbi,
ufuna nje ukufezekisa iinkanuko zakho.”
EKAYAKOBI 4:3 XHO96
http://bible.us/282/jas.4.3.xho96

25. Salvation
“who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
I Timothy 2:4 NKJV

26. Better Future
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
“Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with
you, even as your soul is getting along well.”
3 John 1:2 NIV
http://bible.us/111/3jn.1.2.niv

27. Be Holy
“It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual
immorality;”1 Thessalonians 4:3 NIV
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and
purify us from all unrighteousness.”
1 John 1:9 NIV

28. Equip Us
“equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is
pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
Hebrews 13:21 NIV

29. Straighten Your Path
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all
your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
http://bible.us/111/pro.3.5-6.niv

30. Silence Ignorant People
“For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of
foolish people.”
1 Peter 2:15 NIV
http://bible.us/111/1pe.2.15.niv

31. Heal Us
“Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with
you, even as your soul is getting along well.”
3 John 1:2 NIV
By His stripes we are healed Isaiah 53:5

32. Bless You
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in
the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.”
Ephesians 1:3 NIV

33. Your Will Be Done
““your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Matthew 6:10 NIV