Prayer Changes Everything – Week 2 - The Lord’s Prayer - Pastor Gary Robinson
August 11, 2024

Prayer Changes Everything – Week 2 - The Lord’s Prayer

Pastor Gary Robinson

Matthew 6:9-13 KJV
“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”
Matthew 6:9-13 KJV

  1. “Our Father” - Focus on your

    . Prayer should come from your with God.

    • The Spirit we received does not make us slaves again to fear; it makes us children of God. With that Spirit we cry out, “Father.” Romans 8:15 NCV
    • So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. Hebrews 4:16 NLT
    • The Father doesn’t just want your , He wants .
  2. “Hallowed Be Thy Name” - Focus on

    He is. Worshipping God gives you the right of who He is and He can do.

    • “Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits.” Psalm 103: 1-2 NIV
  3. “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done” - Focus on God’s

    . to what God is doing and His .

    • “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV
    • Prayer is not praying up to heaven, but praying down to earth.
  4. “Give us this day our daily bread.” - Focus on your

    . Pray for God’s .

    • “You do not have, because you do not ask.” James 4:2 ESV
    • “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” Matthew 7:9-11 NIV
  5. “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors” - Focus on

    . Getting our right with God and with .

    • “You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.” Colossians 2:13-14 NLT
    • people should be people.
  6. “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil” - Focus on

    . Walking in God’s and overcoming temptation.