The Lord's Prayer

Sunday, January 30, 2005

6:38 AM

Matt 6

^{5"When you pray, you are not
to be like the hypocrites; for they love to (E)stand
and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners (F)so
that they may be seen by men (G)Truly
I say to you, they have their reward in full.}

6"But you, when you pray, (H)go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and (I)your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

7"And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their (J)many words.

8"So do not be like them; for (K)your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

^{9"(L)Pray,
then, in this way:}

'Our Father who is in heaven, (GRATITUDE, SECURITY, BELONGING)

Our: We can call the God of the Universe "ours"
Father: He is the one who begot us, we are because He wanted us!

John 1:12But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become (A)children of God, even (B)to those who believe in His name,

^{3(C)who
were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man,
but of God.}

o Spiritual Fathers - Paul & Timothy

o Jesus called us his brothers and sisters:

Matt 12:49And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers!

^{50"For whoever does the will of My Father who is in
heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."}

o Our kinship is with God our Father and Jesus our brother and joint heir

Rom 8:16The Spirit Himself (A)testifies with our spirit that we are (B)children of God,

^{17and if children, (C)heirs
also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,}

o In Heaven - We are aliens, sojourners. Our real home is in Heaven. Jesus went to prepare a room for each one of us!

o Ps68:5 A (E)father of the fatherless and a (F)judge [a]for the widows,

Is God in His (G)holy habitation.

6God (H)makes a home for the lonely;

He (I)leads out the prisoners into prosperity,

Only (J)the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

He has a home for us all, when we are prisoners of our own sin, He delivers us. If our lives are parched - we repent and turn to Him. Rebellion is wanting it my way - leads to anxiety, leads to distance, inability to hear. The call is to surrender

o Our: Jesus did not teach us "my father" - we are called to the fellowship of believers, the household of God, the Church, His family. Though we are each called to the prayer closet, this is not a do-it-yourself thing

Hallowed be Your name. (WORSHIP)

Holy is His name - we recognize Him as God
Holy is your name - we are called to worship Him

¹⁰'⁽^M⁾Your kingdom come (HUMILITY and FREEDOM)

Not our kingdom!
John the Baptist call was "Repent, for (E)the kingdom of heaven is at hand"
Poor in spirit - Theirs is the kingdom
Free - we no longer need to make it happen - we can let go control of our lives.

⁽^N⁾Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. (SURRENDER)

How is His will done in heaven?

Rob's gleaning is "immediately"
Heart: With gladness, willingness
Done excellently - completely, without failing

Jesus is gentle and humble of mind:

Matt 11:28"(AM)Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

^{29"Take My yoke upon you and (AN)learn
from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and (AO)YOU
WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.}

^{30"For (AP)My
yoke is easy and My burden is light."}

¹¹'⁽^O⁾Give us this day our daily bread. (DEPENDECY)

¹⁹"⁽^Y⁾Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
²⁰"But store up for yourselves ⁽^Z⁾treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
²¹for ⁽^AA⁾where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
God knows our hearts that we need to be able to ask Him, even though He knows our needs and has promised to fulfill them
³¹"Do not ⁽^AO⁾worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'
³²"For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for ⁽^AP⁾your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
³³"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and ⁽^AQ⁾all these things will be added to you.
³⁴"So do not ⁽^AR⁾worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Amazingly, we are taught to even ask for our needs before we ask for forgiveness! God knows our frame and He allows us to "unload" first before we even seek Him to make us new!
Jesus was sustained by what God gave Him:

^{31Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, "(AL)Rabbi,
eat."}

^{32But He said to them, "I have food to eat that you
do not know about."}

^{33So the (AM)disciples
were saying to one another, "No one brought Him anything to eat, did
he?"}

^{34Jesus said to them, "My food is to (AN)do
the will of Him who sent Me and to (AO)accomplish
His work.}

Deuteronomy 8:2-4

^{2"(A)You
shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has (B)led
you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, (C)testing
you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or
not.}

^{3"He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you
with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might
make you understand that (D)man
does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out
of the mouth of the LORD.

This is His Word!}

¹²'And ⁽^P⁾forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. (FORGIVENESS - GRATITUDE)

¹⁴"⁽^S⁾For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
¹⁵"But ⁽^T⁾if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.
Who do I need to forgive? Who am I angry/irritated/hurt with? What am I holding on to that I am not willing to let go of?

Matt 16:19"I will give you (C)the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and (D)whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven."

¹³'And do not lead us into temptation, (DELIVERANCE)

God is faithful - will keep us safe
We are taught to ask Him to not lead us into temptation - we need to acknowledge that we are able to walk only because of grace - not our own strength and our own "goodness", but b/c of His love for us
Matt 26:41"(B)Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; (C)the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

We need to watch over our hearts will all diligence

o My day is markedly different when I seek Him for this request! I have the grace when I ask for it! They days I do not ask, it does not go as well!

but (Q)deliver us from (R)evil (TRUST, SAFETY)

Deliver us from the evil one: We ask that He keeps us from external evil
Psalm 91:

1He who dwells in the (A)shelter of the Most High

Will abide in the (B)shadow of the Almighty.

2I will say to the LORD, "My (C)refuge and my (D)fortress,

My God, in whom I (E)trust!"

3For it is He who delivers you from the (F)snare of the trapper

And from the deadly (G)pestilence.

4He will (H)cover you with His pinions,

And (I)under His wings you may seek refuge;

His (J)faithfulness is a (K)shield and bulwark.

5You (L)will not be afraid of the (M)terror by night,

Or of the (N)arrow that flies by day;

6Of the (O)pestilence that stalks in darkness,

Or of the (P)destruction that lays waste at noon.

14"(Y)Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;

I will (Z)set him securely on high, because he has (AA)known My name.

15"He will (AB)call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and (AC)honor him.

16"With a (AD)long life I will satisfy him

And (AE)let him see My salvation."

o More potent evil: My heart! Deliver me from the evil of my own heart!

o Matt 15:

^{19"(B)For
out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts,
false witness, slanders}

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever

We are declaring this with the 24 elders falling down at the throne of God

Kingdom:
Power: the ability to do something, change something
Glory:

Amen

Let it be so

Let's pray together - not rote, not by memory, but by relationship:

Our Father who is 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 also have forgiven our debtors.

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.

Amen