Transcript THE LORD’S PRAYER

THE LORD’S
PRAYER
Matthew 6
A MODEL PRAYER
By Becky Kew
Available at www.GospelHall.org
(ACKNOWLEDGMENT GIVEN TO
WILLIAM MCDONALD, BIBLE COMMENTARY.)
WHAT IS PRAYER?
• Prayer is simply talking
to God in your normal
language.
• But what about the
following questions…?
• IF GOD KNOWS
EVERYTHING WHY
PRAY AT ALL?
• BY PRAYER WE
ACKNOWLEDGE
OUR NEED AND
DEPENDENCE
UPON HIM.
Does God do whatever I
want him to?
GOD DOES THINGS IN
ANSWER TO PRAYER
THAT HE WOULD NOT
HAVE DONE OTHERWISE.
WHO CAN PRAY?
• Anyone can pray to God.
There is one God and He
is the God of all creation!
• People who have come
to know God in a
personal way through
Jesus Christ as Savior,
have a special
relationship with God.
He is their FATHER!
• He is even interested in
what little people have
to say!
He is waiting for people to
turn to Him.
What is the Lord’s prayer?
In the Bible we will see that
the Lord Jesus never prayed
the Lord’s prayer himself.
It was given to the disciples
in Matthew 6 as a model in
which they could pattern
their prayers.
THIS PRAYER IS FOR BELIEVERS, (LIKE
THE DISCIPLES WERE) PEOPLE WHO
HAVE PUT THEIR FAITH IN THE LORD
FOR:
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
• Can you say “Father”
to God? Only if you
are one of his
children. We are
born into his family
through the New
Birth (John 3)
HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME.
• Prayer should always be done with utmost
respect to God. His name should be
honored by how we pray. Honoring God is
called worship.
YOUR KINGDOM COME.
• We should pray for the advancement of
God's cause, putting His interests first.
Specifically, we should pray for the day
when our Savior-God, the Lord Jesus
Christ, will set up His kingdom on earth and
reign in righteousness.
YOUR WILL BE DONE.
• we acknowledge that God knows what is
best and that we surrender our will to His.
It also expresses a longing to see His will
acknowledged throughout the world.
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
Are people obeying His will here?
Are you?
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR
DAILY BREAD.
After putting God's interests first, we are
permitted to present our own needs. This
petition acknowledges our dependence on
God for daily food, both spiritual and
physical.
AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBT AS
WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTERS
• Forgiveness is necessary if fellowship with
our Father is to be maintained. If believers
are unwilling to forgive those who wrong
them, how can they expect to be in
fellowship with their Father who has freely
forgiven them for their wrongdoings?
AND DO NOT LEAD US INTO
TEMPTATION
• This petition expresses a healthy distrust
of one's own ability to resist temptations or
to stand up under trial. It acknowledges
complete dependence on the Lord for
preservation.
BUT DELIVER US FROM
EVIL.
• This is the prayer of all who desperately
desire to be kept from sin by the power of
God. It is the heart's cry for daily salvation
from the power of sin and Satan in one's
life.
FOR YOURS IS THE
KINGDOM
• such a doxology is the perfect ending to
the prayer
FOR
EVER
AND
EVER
AMEN.