Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. —Matthew 9:9-13
The Lord’s Prayer is a
“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward. But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words. Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him.” —Matthew 6:5-8
One of the purposes of prayer is to bring us into
“Therefore, you should pray like this…” —Matthew 6:9
Jesus begins, “Our Father in heaven…” —Matthew 6:9
Jesus invites us to
“Your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” —Matthew 6:9-10
Jesus is inviting us into the endeavor of seeing God’s name
“The nations will know that I am the Lord — this is the declaration of the Lord God — when I demonstrate my holiness through you in their sight.” —Ezekiel 36:23
“We should be ‘jealous’ for the honor of his name - troubled when it remains unknown, hurt when it is ignored, indignant when it is blasphemed…determined that it shall be given the honor and glory which are do it.” —John Stott
“Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” —Matthew 6:11-13
We need God for our daily
We need to pray for God’s power help us
We pray for God to keep us from
For further study:
Scripture: Exodus 16; Ezekiel 36; Luke 11; James 1
Resources: “The Possibility of Prayer” by John Starke
To prepare for next week: Read and meditate on Matthew 7