His Priority (3 of 6)
Series: Bent into Shape
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 6:10
In 1999, Eddie Stankey died at the age of 83. You might be asking, who's Eddie Stankey? Time Mag. wrote, ''Eddie Stankey was a pugnacious, pennant-winning 2nd baseman who battled his way thru 11 seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, and NY Giants.'' Branch Rickey, the Dodgers GM said of Stankey, ''He can't run; he can't hit; and he can't throw. But if there's a way to beat the other team, he'll find it.'' Time 6/21/99
A man who wants to do something will find a way; a man who doesn't - will find an excuse. Stephen Dolley Jr
As a former player, I can tell you that if you can't run, hit, or throw, there's not much left to do in baseball. Yet in spite of this deficit, every team wanted Stankey to play 2B. Why? B/c if there was a way to beat the other team, he found it.
As we come to the phrase- Your Kingdom come... in the Lord's Prayer, we're asking God to place w/in us a drive to give everything we have to see His Kingdom come to pass.
Three weeks ago, we started a series in Matthew 6 on the model prayer Jesus offered to his disciples to teach them how to pray. So far we've looked at the phrases - Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name...
As previously discussed, when the disciples approached Jesus to ask Him to teach them to pray, prayer had been so corrupted by rabbinic tradition that prayers like the Shema/Shemoneh ersay had become prescribed/ritualized - and the people had no idea how to have personal communication w/ God. So Jesus gave us this prayer example/pattern to keep us from using vain repetition.
pray (proseuchomai) pro = facing toward - refers to one who seeks God's face. euchomai = to utter aloud. Meaning prayer is a personal, face-to-face encounter w/ God.
Knowing this, when Jesus taught His disciple to pray - He was clear this prayer was be a pattern/model to connect w/ God but never to be a substitute. We're to understand it and fol ...
Series: Bent into Shape
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 6:10
In 1999, Eddie Stankey died at the age of 83. You might be asking, who's Eddie Stankey? Time Mag. wrote, ''Eddie Stankey was a pugnacious, pennant-winning 2nd baseman who battled his way thru 11 seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, and NY Giants.'' Branch Rickey, the Dodgers GM said of Stankey, ''He can't run; he can't hit; and he can't throw. But if there's a way to beat the other team, he'll find it.'' Time 6/21/99
A man who wants to do something will find a way; a man who doesn't - will find an excuse. Stephen Dolley Jr
As a former player, I can tell you that if you can't run, hit, or throw, there's not much left to do in baseball. Yet in spite of this deficit, every team wanted Stankey to play 2B. Why? B/c if there was a way to beat the other team, he found it.
As we come to the phrase- Your Kingdom come... in the Lord's Prayer, we're asking God to place w/in us a drive to give everything we have to see His Kingdom come to pass.
Three weeks ago, we started a series in Matthew 6 on the model prayer Jesus offered to his disciples to teach them how to pray. So far we've looked at the phrases - Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name...
As previously discussed, when the disciples approached Jesus to ask Him to teach them to pray, prayer had been so corrupted by rabbinic tradition that prayers like the Shema/Shemoneh ersay had become prescribed/ritualized - and the people had no idea how to have personal communication w/ God. So Jesus gave us this prayer example/pattern to keep us from using vain repetition.
pray (proseuchomai) pro = facing toward - refers to one who seeks God's face. euchomai = to utter aloud. Meaning prayer is a personal, face-to-face encounter w/ God.
Knowing this, when Jesus taught His disciple to pray - He was clear this prayer was be a pattern/model to connect w/ God but never to be a substitute. We're to understand it and fol ...
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