Talking and Listening to God (5 of 9)
Series: Holy Semikah!
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 6:9-13
SEGMENT 1
Good AM - I’m looking forward to our time together as we gather for worship. Today, as we continue in our series on the SOTM, we’re going to be shaking things up a bit for a more interactive experience. For today, we’re going to do more than talk about the Lord’s Prayer - we’re actually going to pray thru the Lord’s Prayer individually/collectively. To set the stage, let’s re-read a portion of Jesus’ words in Matthew 6 that we touched on last week.
When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard b/c of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. ‘‘This, then, is how you should 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 today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Matthew 6:9-13
As we discussed last week, as a rabbi w/ authority - when Jesus embarked on teaching the people about how to pray, this was a radical detour from what they had been taught and how they had been engaging God in prayer. This was almost beyond what we can begin to imagine or comprehend.
This then is how you pray...
pray (proseuchomai) pro = facing toward - refers to one who seeks God’s face or turns their face to God. euchomai = to utter aloud. So, to pray is to speak aloud face-to-face w/ God.
Sadly, like most of the aspects of their religi ...
Series: Holy Semikah!
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 6:9-13
SEGMENT 1
Good AM - I’m looking forward to our time together as we gather for worship. Today, as we continue in our series on the SOTM, we’re going to be shaking things up a bit for a more interactive experience. For today, we’re going to do more than talk about the Lord’s Prayer - we’re actually going to pray thru the Lord’s Prayer individually/collectively. To set the stage, let’s re-read a portion of Jesus’ words in Matthew 6 that we touched on last week.
When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard b/c of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. ‘‘This, then, is how you should 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 today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Matthew 6:9-13
As we discussed last week, as a rabbi w/ authority - when Jesus embarked on teaching the people about how to pray, this was a radical detour from what they had been taught and how they had been engaging God in prayer. This was almost beyond what we can begin to imagine or comprehend.
This then is how you pray...
pray (proseuchomai) pro = facing toward - refers to one who seeks God’s face or turns their face to God. euchomai = to utter aloud. So, to pray is to speak aloud face-to-face w/ God.
Sadly, like most of the aspects of their religi ...
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