Read Psalm 100:2 “Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before Him, singing with joy.” Let’s learn a song we can use to worship the Lord. 

As Jesus went through all the towns and villages, he saw the needs of the people and had compassion on them. He said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." God wants all people to know him and his love. He wants to use us and He will also raise up more workers from the harvest we will reap. Let’s keep asking God to send more workers to lead people to know Him. 

Even though Jesus was busy in ministry, he spent a lot of time talking to the Father. As his followers watched him, they too wanted to learn how to talk to the Father. Today we will learn what he told them. 

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:

⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;⁶ a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’⁷ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’⁸ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

⁹ “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

¹¹ “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?¹³ If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

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Prayer is simply talking to our heavenly Father. We can use these four points to summarize what Jesus taught: 

1. Praise Him and keep Him the center;
2. Request what you need from Him;
3. Acknowledge your sins;
4. Yield your life to His will and to His Kingdom.

We can be confident that He hears us and that His heart is to give us good things. 

• Practice praying using the 4 points of the summary.
• Practice sharing the gospel, about the Holy Spirit, Bible study, or any previous lesson