Lord's prayer #1 aug 7, 2011

The Master’s Handbookon Prayer

August 2011

Matthew 6:9-13

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The Lord’s Prayer


August 2011

Matthew 6:9-13

The word that best

describes my „prayer

life‟ is:

A. Vibrant

B. Growing

C. Fervent

D. Struggling

E. Non-existent

Exodus 20:15

You shall not steal.

“At the opening of this

book, we invite our

readers to pause a

moment to ask

yourselves honestly how

you got on in prayer this

week or first thing this

morning.”

“Our guess is that most

of our readers are like us;

we want to get things

right, but we are more

than a little embarrassed

to admit how far-reaching

are the problems we

have in praying.”

“It seems, then, that

struggle is the realistic

word to describe the

typical Christian

experience of praying.”

Prayer is . . .

“prayer”

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Luke 11:1

One day Jesus was praying in a

certain place. When he finished,

one of his disciples said to him,

“Lord, teach us to pray, just as

John taught his disciples.”

Luke 11:2-3

He said to them, “When you pray,

say: „Father, hallowed be your

name, your kingdom come. Give

us each day our daily bread.

Luke 11:4

Forgive us our sins, for we also

forgive everyone who sins against

us. And lead us not into

temptation.‟


Matthew 6:9-13

Matthew 6:9-11

This, then, is how you should

pray: „Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name, your

kingdom come, your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven. Give us

today our daily bread.

Matthew 6:12-13

Forgive us our debts, as we also

have forgiven our debtors. And

lead us not into temptation, but

deliver us from the evil one.‟

A foundational truth . . .

The Lord’s Prayer provides us a

pattern for our prayers.

Matthew 6:9-13

Note the preface to the prayer . . .

Matthew 6:9


pray . . .

Matthew 6:9-13

Note the prior context of the prayer . . .

Matthew 6:7And when you pray, do not keep

on babbling like pagans, for

they think they will be heard

because of their many words.

Matthew 6:9-13

Note the absence of in the New Testament of any disciple actually praying this prayer.

Matthew 6:9-13




Matthew 6:9-13

What does the Lord’s Prayer teach us about HOW we are to

pray?

Matthew 6:9-13

HOW we are to pray? Matthew 6:9-13

Lesson #1. Remember who you’re

talking to!

Matthew 6:9


pray: „Our Father in heaven . . .

Remember WHO you are talking to!

We pray to OUR Father! As ourFather he desires to respond to our prayers!

Matthew 6:9-13


Galatians 4:6 Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”

Matthew 6:9-13


Matthew 7:7-8Ask and it will be given to you; seek

and you will find; knock and the door

will be opened to you. For everyone

who asks receives; he who seeks

finds; and to him who knocks, the door

will be opened.

Matthew 6:9-13


Matthew 7:9-10Which of you, if his son asks for bread,

will give him a stone? Or if he asks for

a fish, will give him a snake?

Matthew 6:9-13


Matthew 7:11If 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 6:9-13



Matthew 6:9-13

How does one

become a child

of God?

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We're All God's

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Here comes a Baptist, here

comes a Jew

There goes a Mormon and a

Muslim too

I see a Buddhist and a Hindu

I see a Catholic and I see you.

We're All God's

Children

We're all God's children



Why can't we be one big happy

family?

John 1:12-13

Yet to all who received him,

to those who believed in his name,

he gave the right to

become children of God —children born not of natural

descent, nor of human decision or

a husband‟s will, but born of God.



Matthew 6:9-13


Matthew 6:9This, then, is how you should

pray: “Our Father in heaven . . .

Matthew 6:9-13


We pray to THE Father! As TheFather he is able to respond to our prayer!

Matthew 6:9-13


Matthew 28:18All authority in heaven and on

earth has been given to me.

Matthew 6:9-13


Matthew 11:27All things have been committed to

me by my Father.

Matthew 6:9-13

“Yes, the Father over

all, who reigns in all the

universe is, in fact, the

same Father who

provides our daily

bread, forgives our daily

sins, delivers us from

daily temptation, and

leads us always in the

path of righteousness.

“He is God THE

Father, and he

is God OUR

Father!”

(Bruce Ware, Father,

Son and Holy Spirit)

This past Friday,

the United States

lost its top-notch

AAA credit rating

from Standard &

Poor's and is

now an AA rating.

When it comes to THE

Father, He has no credit rating!

Why? Because he does not need

to borrow to honor his promises!

Psalm 24:1

The earth is the LORD‟s, and

everything in it.


We pray to THE Father! As TheFather he is able to respond to our prayer!

Matthew 6:9-13




Matthew 6:9-13

HOW we are to pray? Matthew 6:9-13

Lesson #1. Remember who you’re

talking to!

- OUR Father – He desires to respond!- THE Father – He is able to respond!


Next Sunday:

Lord’s Day readings #47-49

Matthew 6:9-13

How‟s your

“prayer life”

doing?

What step(s)

are you going

to take to

improve it?

Lord's prayer #1 aug 7, 2011

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