YOUR KINGDOM COME (23 OF 32)
Scripture: Matthew 6:10
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Your Kingdom Come (23 of 32)
Series: Sermon on the Mount
Robert Dawson
Matthew 6:10
We have all heard the saying, ‘Be careful what you ask for because you may get more than you bargained for.’ Most of us can relate…
1. When you were a kid and you really wanted that pup or kitten and you begged mom and dad to let you have one and they did with the understanding that you were responsible for it. You had to feed it, brush it, bath it and clean up after it. You gladly accepted because you just knew that pet was going to be the best thing that ever happened to your life up to that point. Then they come and they have to actually be fed, brushed, cleaned, cleaned up after, trained and they somehow manage to destroy a favorite toy or mom’s plant. What seemed like a request that would be nothing but pure joy becomes something much different.
2. I remember when we lived in NC we wither rented or lived in a parsonage. It was not a bad experience but every family dreams of owning their own home and then the day comes and you sign 250 different places in triplicate and walk away with a home that is yours and that you are responsible for. Now you are happy until you realize the upkeep, repairs and updates are your responsibility as well as the cost associated with them.
3. You want to own your own business or be the supervisor instead of the supervised and that day comes and so do the headaches of being responsible for everyone and everything including yourself.
Sometimes there is much more to our request than we first anticipated.
That is the way I feel about the first part of the Lord’s Prayer, a prayer which Jesus has given to us as a prayer pattern. Jesus is teaching us how to pray.
1. The very first lesson Jesus teaches us in prayer is that, in prayer, as it should be in all things, God is to have preeminence.
2. The first part of this prayer does not deal with our wants, needs, desires or agenda.
3. The prayer opens with a focus on God, who He i ...
Series: Sermon on the Mount
Robert Dawson
Matthew 6:10
We have all heard the saying, ‘Be careful what you ask for because you may get more than you bargained for.’ Most of us can relate…
1. When you were a kid and you really wanted that pup or kitten and you begged mom and dad to let you have one and they did with the understanding that you were responsible for it. You had to feed it, brush it, bath it and clean up after it. You gladly accepted because you just knew that pet was going to be the best thing that ever happened to your life up to that point. Then they come and they have to actually be fed, brushed, cleaned, cleaned up after, trained and they somehow manage to destroy a favorite toy or mom’s plant. What seemed like a request that would be nothing but pure joy becomes something much different.
2. I remember when we lived in NC we wither rented or lived in a parsonage. It was not a bad experience but every family dreams of owning their own home and then the day comes and you sign 250 different places in triplicate and walk away with a home that is yours and that you are responsible for. Now you are happy until you realize the upkeep, repairs and updates are your responsibility as well as the cost associated with them.
3. You want to own your own business or be the supervisor instead of the supervised and that day comes and so do the headaches of being responsible for everyone and everything including yourself.
Sometimes there is much more to our request than we first anticipated.
That is the way I feel about the first part of the Lord’s Prayer, a prayer which Jesus has given to us as a prayer pattern. Jesus is teaching us how to pray.
1. The very first lesson Jesus teaches us in prayer is that, in prayer, as it should be in all things, God is to have preeminence.
2. The first part of this prayer does not deal with our wants, needs, desires or agenda.
3. The prayer opens with a focus on God, who He i ...
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