Praying Like Jesus (6 of 6)
Series: Great Prayers of the Bible
Jim Perdue
Matthew 6:9-13
***SHOW VIDEO - https://www.danstevers.com/customers ''Lord's Prayer''*** This is the concluding sermon in our Sunday morning series, Great Prayers of the Bible. I hope you have been encouraged and challenged. And I hope you have grown in your prayer life. Most of all, I hope you have prayed. What good is it for us to talk about prayer, preach sermons on prayer, here verses on prayer, if we don't pray?
This morning, we come to what is arguably the most famous prayer in the entire world. This prayer is known familiarly as ''The Lord's Prayer,'' but ''The Disciples' Prayer'' would be a more accurate title. Jesus did not give this prayer to us to be memorized and recited a given number of times. In fact, He gave this prayer to keep us from using vain repetitions. Jesus did not say, ''Pray in these words.'' He said, ''Pray after this manner''; that is, ''Use this prayer as a pattern, not as a substitute.'' READ TEXT ALOUD TOGETHER
*Two men were talking together. The first challenged the other, ''If you are so religious, let's hear you quote the Lord's Prayer. I bet you $10 you can't.'' The second responded, ''Now I lay my down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. And If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.'' The first pulled out his wallet and fished out a ten dollar bill, muttering, ''I didn't think you could do it!''*
*Think for a moment how much time you spend watching television. How much time do you spend on the phone talking to friends? How much time do you spend with that special someone in your life? How 'bout getting ready in the morning? Now, compare that with how much time you spend in prayer. How does it look? Probably not very good.
Here in this passage our Lord gives us an example of how we are to pray. He says in verse 9, ''pray then like this.'' Now, we are not to pray these exact words, but we are to use this prayer as ...
Series: Great Prayers of the Bible
Jim Perdue
Matthew 6:9-13
***SHOW VIDEO - https://www.danstevers.com/customers ''Lord's Prayer''*** This is the concluding sermon in our Sunday morning series, Great Prayers of the Bible. I hope you have been encouraged and challenged. And I hope you have grown in your prayer life. Most of all, I hope you have prayed. What good is it for us to talk about prayer, preach sermons on prayer, here verses on prayer, if we don't pray?
This morning, we come to what is arguably the most famous prayer in the entire world. This prayer is known familiarly as ''The Lord's Prayer,'' but ''The Disciples' Prayer'' would be a more accurate title. Jesus did not give this prayer to us to be memorized and recited a given number of times. In fact, He gave this prayer to keep us from using vain repetitions. Jesus did not say, ''Pray in these words.'' He said, ''Pray after this manner''; that is, ''Use this prayer as a pattern, not as a substitute.'' READ TEXT ALOUD TOGETHER
*Two men were talking together. The first challenged the other, ''If you are so religious, let's hear you quote the Lord's Prayer. I bet you $10 you can't.'' The second responded, ''Now I lay my down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. And If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.'' The first pulled out his wallet and fished out a ten dollar bill, muttering, ''I didn't think you could do it!''*
*Think for a moment how much time you spend watching television. How much time do you spend on the phone talking to friends? How much time do you spend with that special someone in your life? How 'bout getting ready in the morning? Now, compare that with how much time you spend in prayer. How does it look? Probably not very good.
Here in this passage our Lord gives us an example of how we are to pray. He says in verse 9, ''pray then like this.'' Now, we are not to pray these exact words, but we are to use this prayer as ...
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