On Earth as It Is in Heaven: How the Lord’s Prayer Teaches Us to Pray More Effectively
Overview
Do you feel like your prayer life is stagnant? Like you’re saying the same things to God that you did when you first started praying? Just as young children slowly learn to communicate in more and more complex ways, so Christians should move from simply crying out to God to a mature, developed prayer life. The basic elements found in the Lord’s Prayer are a helpful guide to believers hoping to enrich their prayers.
In On Earth as It Is in Heaven, beloved teacher and writer Warren W. Wiersbe explains and applies the elements of the Lord’s Prayer so you can reach new levels of maturity in your own personal prayer life.
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- Explains and examines elements of the Lord’s Prayer
- Encourages growth in personal prayer life
- Discusses the example given by the Lord’s Prayer and it’s relevance in daily prayer life
- Measuring a Miracle
- Relationship I: “Our Father in heaven”
- Relationship II: “Our Father in heaven”
- Worship: “Hallowed be your name”
- Citizenship: “Your kingdom come”
- Partnership: “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven”
- Stewardship: “Give us today our daily bread”
- Fellowship: “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors”
- Discipleship I: “Lead us not into temptation”
- Discipleship II: “Deliver us from the evil one”
- Benediction: “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.”
Top Highlights
“Get to the point! It’s the strength of our faith and not the length of our prayers that pleases him.” (Pages 16–17)
“The phrase ‘our Father’ speaks of God’s nearness to us, while the phrase ‘in heaven’ speaks of his distance and difference from us, and both truths are important in the Christian life and must be kept in balance.” (Page 29)
“Finally, the Lord’s Prayer is part of what we call the Sermon on the Mount, which means that effective prayer is linked to a dedicated and obedient life.” (Page 18)
“The Lord’s Prayer is not only a family prayer, it’s a balanced prayer. In it you find requests that relate to the past (‘forgive us our debts’), the present (‘Give us today our daily bread’), and the future (‘your kingdom come’). Some requests relate to the program of God and others to the needs of God’s people. Too often our prayers are focused primarily on what we need rather than on what God wants to give or do.” (Page 18)
“In short, all of us as God’s children need to allow the Holy Spirit to use this prayer in our lives so that we might please the Father, become more like the Son, and be used of the Holy Spirit to make a difference in this world.” (Page 20)
Wiersbe shows how the language of the Lord’s Prayer is applicable not only to Christians’ prayer lives, but also to the rest of our lives as well. This book is organized by phrases in the Lord’s Prayer, which adds structure and helps explanations flow smoothly. One of the best features of this book is the plentiful amount of biblical references Bible teacher Wiersbe uses to support his points. Readers will appreciate the brevity and clarity of his writing style. . . . An insightful study of one of the most quoted passages in the Bible. I highly recommend it.
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- Title: On Earth as It Is in Heaven: How the Lord’s Prayer Teaches Us to Pray More Effectively
- Author: Warren W. Wiersbe
- Publisher: Baker
- Print Publication Date: 2010
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Lord’s prayer; Prayer › Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781441256249, 9780801072192, 9781441207807, 1441256245, 0801072190, 1441207805
- Resource ID: LLS:EARTHHVNWIERSBE
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:32:23Z
Warren W. Wiersbe (1929–2019) was an internationally known Bible teacher and pastor. He studied at Indiana University and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Grand Rapids Theological Seminary.
In 2002, Wiersbe was awarded the Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He was the former pastor of three churches, including The Moody Church.
For 10 years Wiersbe served as general director and Bible teacher for the Back to the Bible radio broadcast. He wrote more than 150 books, including the popular Old Testament "Be" Series and New Testament "Be" Series of expositional Bible studies, which has sold more than four million copies, and The Strategy of Satan.
