His Preeminence (6 of 6)
Series: Bent into Shape
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 6:5-13
Explain Haircut - I shaved my head at the McIntosh High School Baccalaureate to make my point.
When you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, so they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think they will be heard for their many words. Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this manner, therefore, pray - Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
For 8 weeks we've been discussing prayer. W/out a doubt, prayer is one of the most critical disciplines in the Christian life; and yet it's also one of the most abused/misunderstood disciplines. The disciples understood this reality - so they asked Jesus to teach them how to pray.
To appreciate Jesus' instruction, we need to remember the context. By the time the disciples approached Jesus, prayer had become so corrupted by rabbinic tradition that prayers like the Shema/Shemoneh esrei had become prescribed and ritualized - and the people had no idea how to approach God So Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to help us to know how to talk w/ God and keep us from using vain repetition. Oddly enough, this is seemingly what has happened w/ this prayer.
pray (proseuchomai) pro = facing toward - refers to one who se ...
Series: Bent into Shape
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 6:5-13
Explain Haircut - I shaved my head at the McIntosh High School Baccalaureate to make my point.
When you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, so they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think they will be heard for their many words. Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this manner, therefore, pray - Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
For 8 weeks we've been discussing prayer. W/out a doubt, prayer is one of the most critical disciplines in the Christian life; and yet it's also one of the most abused/misunderstood disciplines. The disciples understood this reality - so they asked Jesus to teach them how to pray.
To appreciate Jesus' instruction, we need to remember the context. By the time the disciples approached Jesus, prayer had become so corrupted by rabbinic tradition that prayers like the Shema/Shemoneh esrei had become prescribed and ritualized - and the people had no idea how to approach God So Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to help us to know how to talk w/ God and keep us from using vain repetition. Oddly enough, this is seemingly what has happened w/ this prayer.
pray (proseuchomai) pro = facing toward - refers to one who se ...
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