Praying Like Jesus Part 2

Text: 1 Matthew 6:9-13

“Pray, then, in this way:‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. ‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. ‘Give us this day [e]our daily bread. ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from [f]evil. [g][For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’]

  1. Praise

  • Prayer is between you and God. We don’t require an earthly intermediary
  • “Our Father”
  • Reverence for all God is and does

  1.  Respond

  • Unity and Love
  • Intentionality

  1.  Ask

  • ‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
  • Consider Matthew 7: 7-11
  • Now and the future
  • Implied obedience (God’s will, not our own)
  • ‘Give us this day [e]our daily bread.
  • Give – We rely on God
  • Us/Our – Not just me but those with me
  • This Day – Not tomorrow or a month’s supply, but daily dependence
  • Daily – Renewed need each sunrise
  • Bread – Not luxury, but a need. Yet one that nourishes and fills
  • Consider Matthew 6:25-34
  • ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
  • Acknowledging our debts/need for forgiveness
  • “And” – Connecting our need for forgiveness to our need for daily bread
  • Knowing what we have been forgiven reminds us to forgive
  • Consider Matthew 18: 21-35
  • ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from [f]evil.
  • We are “prone to wander”
  • Rightfully assessing our enemy

  1. Yield

  • For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’
  • Not found in the earliest manuscripts
  • Found in the Didache and the majority of later manuscripts
  • Aligns with 1 Chronicles 29:11-12 and many Psalms
  • The Lord’s Prayer is a model