COMPLETED: OUR FATHER: WORDS YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW: Everyday Lordship
April 28, 2020

OUR FATHER: WORDS YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW

Everyday Lordship
April 26, 2020


Big idea: The Lord’s prayer is not something that you just pray: it’s a
prayer that you actually live.


Sources of stress:


• Unexplainable PAIN


• Uncooperative PEOPLE


• Uncontrollable CIRCUMSTANCES


This part of the prayer is not so much a prayer asking God to do something as it is a prayer asking that we would do something.


Matthew 6:9-10 – “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. ‘”


Surrendering to Jesus means:


1. Letting go of CONTROL.


Psalm 46:10 - “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”


Two extremes:


1. Try harder to control it.


2. You give up.


The Serenity Prayer
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time accepting hardship as a pathway to peace taking as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to your will so that I may be reasonably happy in this life, and supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen.
– Reinhold Niebuhr


2. Learning to be CONTENT.


Situations that you cannot change:


• You can worry about it.


• You can resent it and get bitter about it.


• You can feel guilty about it.


• You can have self-pity about it.


• You can be fearful and worry about it.


OR ACCEPT it and learn to be content with it.


Philippians 4:11-13 - I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Notice two things:


A. It’s a CHOICE.


“learned”


B. It is ONLY possible through Christ’s strength.


“I can do everything through him who gives me strength”


Psalm 37:7a - “Surrender yourself to the Lord, and wait patiently for him.” (GW)


3. Leaving the future to GOD.


Proverbs 3:5-6 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.


Psalm 37:18-19 - The days of the blameless are known to the Lord, and their
inheritance will endure forever. 19 In times of disaster they will not wither; in days
of famine they will enjoy plenty.


Next Steps:


1. Plan on joining us next week online.


2. Download the “Beyond Sunday Devotion.”