Chapter 10 contains the basis for the visitation
program of local New Testament churches. Here God gives the
vision of the harvest being great and the laborers few. He
also gives the plan of how the laborers are to be sent
forth–two by two into every city and place.

At Fundamental Baptist Church we believe in this
New Testament plan for soul-winning. We have two weekly
visitation programs, one for ladies and one for men. We
send our visitation workers two by two into our city,
inviting the lost to come into the fold of Christ. We
started this program when our church was founded in 1981,
and we are continuing to follow the Scriptural plan given
us in these verses. God’s plan is to reach every man with
the Gospel. There are no new ways to reach them. If we will
be faithful and consistent in following God’s way, He will
give us fruit for our labors.

In chapter 11:1 Jesus was in a certain place
praying when His disciples came to Him and asked Him to
teach them to pray. The power of prayer lies more in what
we are than in what we say. According to I John 5:14,15,
the desires of our heart will be granted if our hearts are
right with God. Desires are numerous in human hearts, but
many are not granted because they are breathed to God in an
incompetent manner, because of an unholy life.

All men need to pray. In chapter 11 Jesus gave what
we call the model prayer. In giving this prayer to His
followers, Jesus was not only teaching the order in which
our prayers should be formed, but the very spirit and
condition of the heart necessary to true prayer. To say
“our Father” denotes sonship. Before we can honestly call
Him “our Father” we must have received Jesus Christ as our
Saviour. When we accept Him as Saviour, we became a son of
God (I John 1:12). Beyond that, we must be set apart from
this world, with no sin in our lives, before we can
rightfully say “Hallowed be thy name.” If His name is to be
hallowed by us, we must be hallowed to His name–set apart
wholly unto Him. “Thy kingdom come” denotes the submission
of our will to His perfect will, and our hearts and
thoughts as subject to His rule. “And forgive us our sins;
for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us”
denotes that we do have a forgiving spirit. Our prayers may
often be hindered from a lack of tender love and
forgiveness towards those who may have wronged us. We must
forgive others in order to have our sins forgiven. If we
can come with prepared hearts and surrendered spirits,
without sin, bitterness, or an unforgiving spirit, then we
can expect a forgiving attitude from our heavenly Father,
and His blessing upon our lives.

MEMORY VERSE FOR TODAY:
Man now can be:
Justified.
Acts 13:39
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye
could not be justified by the law of Moses.