Follow Me – Week 6

Prayer & Dependence

Matthew 6:5–15
Themes: #Prayer #Surrender #Dependence

Prayer is not a religious performance

• “Shut the door”
  • Prayer is relationship, not image management

Stop. Stay. Surrender.

• Stop striving and controlling
  • Stay long enough to be shaped
  • Surrender outcomes to the Father

Hidden communion becomes visible authority

• Jesus withdrew to be with the Father
  • Authority flows from connection
  • The fruit of the Spirit becomes visible

My Next Step

• What am I still trying to control?
  • Where do I need daily dependence?
  • What would it look like to truly surrender?

Next Week

Read: Matthew 6:19–24