Daily Lesson for Tuesday 12th of May 2026

In the time of Jesus, prayers that were long and carefully crafted like a performance—using complex words and often memorized—were highly esteemed. Jesus had nothing good to say about these kinds of prayers (see Matthew 6:5-8). He revealed them to be what they were: ostentatious shows of “piety.”

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The disciples saw Jesus pray, and they knew that prayer was a vital part of His life (see Luke 5:16, Luke 6:12, Luke 9:18, Luke 22:41, Luke 24:30, Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46). As they watched Jesus, they saw a contrast from the religious leaders and realized that there was so much more to prayer than they had ever considered. So, the disciples came to Jesus, asking, “ ‘Lord, teach us to pray’ ” (Luke 11:1).

Jesus modeled to His disciples (and to us) that we can pray simply in everyday language. He showed us that our prayers should be sincere and from our hearts.

Read Luke 11:2-4 and Matthew 6:5-15 and notice the following aspects of the prayer Jesus taught:

• Our Father in heaven: acknowledging your personal relationship with the Father of all.

• Hallowed be Your name: recognizing God’s holiness makes us come in reverence and respect.

• Your kingdom come: longing for God’s return and an indwelling of the Holy Spirit until He does so.

• Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven: surrendering and praying for God’s will to be done in our lives, trusting that He knows best, rather than merely praying for what we want.

• Give us this day our daily bread: asking for what we need to live, both physically (food and water) and spiritually (Jesus and His living Word).

• Forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us: repenting, seeking forgiveness, and remembering to pardon those who have hurt us as freely as God forgives us.

• Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: asking for protection and shelter from the evil in this world (Psalms 91:1-16).

• For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen: acknowledging that all we are, all we have, and all we do belongs to God. He alone deserves our glory and praise_ (1 Chronicles 29:11)_.

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/26b-07-jesus-teaches-us-how-to-pray/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=26b-07-jesus-teaches-us-how-to-pray

Growing in a Relationship With God has many wonderful steps in it. There are several beautiful hymns from which to choose as a theme due to all the changes that come along when we grow in our relationship with God. On page 31 we see that “the most powerful weapon is prayer” to help us through our growing times. Therefore, we will wish to sing 
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus – Hymn 290 to keep learning every minute of the day in our journey. To help with this journey, Lord, 
Give Me The Bible – Hymn 272 to instruct even more with the Holy Spirit encouraging along the way: 
Hover O’er Me, Holy Spirit – Hymn 260.

To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/

Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org/Search and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given.

 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/7-practical-prayer-singing-with-inspiration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-practical-prayer-singing-with-inspiration