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HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME (1 OF 5)

by Scott Maze

Scripture: Luke 11:1-2
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Hallowed Be Your Name (1 of 5)
Series: The Lord's Prayer
Scott Maze
Luke 11:1-2a


Every faith has some form of prayer. Muslims stop whatever they're doing five times a day to pray as you'll hear the wailing cries of prayer callers in many Asian cities. Incas and Aztecs went so far as to sacrifice humans in order to attract their gods' attention. And millions of people who attend AA meetings pray to a Higher Power to stop their addictions. More people this week will pray than will drive a car or go to work according to Gallup polls.

Today, we being a study on the Lord's Prayer, called Eleven: Two - it's taken from the Scripture address of the Lord's Prayer in the gospel of Luke. The Lord's Prayer is designed to change our priorities and to reverse our thinking. The words of this prayer are beautiful like a finished work of art. They are plain yet majestic. The words of the prayer has a serenity and tranquility to them that is unequaled. The prayer is short and simple so it can be quickly learned. As a matter of fact, we'll close each worship service during this series by reciting the Lord's Prayer from Matthew.

Anyone who is serious about Jesus will want to grow in prayer. One of the quickest ways to check the health of your spiritual life is to answer this question: How's your prayer life? We're devoting six weeks to the Lord's Prayer and here's why: 1) I want to help all of us develop a powerful prayer life by offering you a tuning fork where you'll know when your prayers are on the right pitch. 2) And I want to encourage by showing you that God hears prayer. Think of it: what prayer can have greater power with God the Father that a prayer the comes directly from the lips of Jesus.

Let's jump right in...

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ''Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.'' 2 And he said to them, ''When you pray, say:
''Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kin ...

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