Prayer Changes Us

Pastor Ryan unpacks the topic of prayer, arguing that “prayer changes us and God uses us to change the world”. Drawing on the Disciples’ Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13, this message focuses on seeing who God is—as Father, King, Giver, and Savior—to rightly understand our identity in Christ (e.g., child, worshipper, servant, beneficiary, sinner). The sermon addresses the common feeling that prayer “is not for me”, and challenges believers to pray with desperation and expectation for renewal or revival. By recognizing the plural language of the Lord’s Prayer (e.g., “Our Father,” “give us”), listeners are encouraged to step into corporate prayer as part of the body of Christ, believing that their prayers matter and will usher in God’s kingdom. The shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor, so the call to action is simply to pray.