The Perfect Father (6 of 6)
Series: Strengthening The Fragile Home
Jeff Strite
Matthew 6:9-13
(Explanation of opening: The traditionally memorized version of the Lord's Prayer is found only in the KJV. Since we have ESV pew Bibles - which leave off the last verse - I felt that would create confusion as to why that verse was missing. I didn't want to go there, so I put the KJV on screen and had the congregation stand and recite the Prayer with me)
OPEN: Repeat the Lord's Prayer with me:
''Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.'' (KJV)
PRAYER
ILLUS: The Lord's prayer is an elegant and inspiring piece of literature. But such elegance and inspiration is sometimes lost on the young. The following are some of the ''reinterpretations'' of the Prayer by children:
- One little girl began her prayer like this: ''Our Father, who art in heaven. Hello! What be Thy name?''
- Another five-year-old girl prayed: ''Give us this day our daily bread, and liberty and justice for all.''
- A kindergartener asked God to ''give us this day our jelly bread.''
- Then there was the little boy who prayed, ''Forgive us our dentists, as we forgive our dentists.''
- One child climaxed his prayer like this: ''For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever, Amen and F.M.''
But one of my favorite was a young boy who prayed, ''Our Father, who art in heaven, how'd you know my name?''
APPLY: As I began to think about what sermon to preach to sum up our series on ''How to Strengthen the ''Fragile Family'' I kept coming back to this idea of God as our Father.
As I often do, I did little background study for the sermon and decided to look up how many time ...
Series: Strengthening The Fragile Home
Jeff Strite
Matthew 6:9-13
(Explanation of opening: The traditionally memorized version of the Lord's Prayer is found only in the KJV. Since we have ESV pew Bibles - which leave off the last verse - I felt that would create confusion as to why that verse was missing. I didn't want to go there, so I put the KJV on screen and had the congregation stand and recite the Prayer with me)
OPEN: Repeat the Lord's Prayer with me:
''Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.'' (KJV)
PRAYER
ILLUS: The Lord's prayer is an elegant and inspiring piece of literature. But such elegance and inspiration is sometimes lost on the young. The following are some of the ''reinterpretations'' of the Prayer by children:
- One little girl began her prayer like this: ''Our Father, who art in heaven. Hello! What be Thy name?''
- Another five-year-old girl prayed: ''Give us this day our daily bread, and liberty and justice for all.''
- A kindergartener asked God to ''give us this day our jelly bread.''
- Then there was the little boy who prayed, ''Forgive us our dentists, as we forgive our dentists.''
- One child climaxed his prayer like this: ''For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever, Amen and F.M.''
But one of my favorite was a young boy who prayed, ''Our Father, who art in heaven, how'd you know my name?''
APPLY: As I began to think about what sermon to preach to sum up our series on ''How to Strengthen the ''Fragile Family'' I kept coming back to this idea of God as our Father.
As I often do, I did little background study for the sermon and decided to look up how many time ...
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