Living The Lord's Prayer (New Series Begins This Sunday, April 10th)

 

“The Lord’s Prayer”

Jesus’ disciples once asked Him, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Lk. 11:1). And Jesus did! Jesus teaches about prayer in many places in the four Gospels, but what makes Matthew 6:9-13 unique, is this is the only time that Jesus provides a specific “how to” on prayer. This well-known passage, known as “The Lord’s Prayer,” might be better called “The Disciple’s Prayer” or “The Model Prayer,” for the simple reason that Jesus is teaching His disciples how to pray in response to their question.  

That the disciples had a great desire to learn how to pray, tells us several things: (1) The disciples realized just how dependent they were on the strength and wisdom of the Lord. And (2) they were encouraged to learn how to pray because Jesus’ prayer life was so dynamic and effective. The disciples saw Jesus pray daily and they could not help but notice His strong and consistent prayer life and the difference it made in His life. He prayed early in the mornings. He took quiet retreats for the purpose of prayer. He spent long periods of time in prayer when He had an important decision to make. While He walked this earth, Jesus was a man of prayer and consequently a man of purpose and peace. The disciples saw Jesus’ example and were essentially saying, “Lord, we want what you have, but more importantly, we desperately need what you have!”

Beginning this Sunday, April 10^th at Carrollwood Baptist Church we will be exploring the principles of developing a strong prayer life from what Jesus teaches us in “The Lord’s Prayer.” The main Scripture passage that forms our teaching is found below. However, we will also consider what Jesus said in the immediate context, especially Matthew 6:5-8.

If you don’t have a church home, we would love to have you worship with us at CBC where “All Are Welcomed!” Worship begins at 10:30 a.m. Bible study for all ages is held at 9:15 a.m. CBC is conveniently located at 5395 Ehrlich Road, 1 mile east of the Veterans Expressway and 2.5 miles west of Dale Mabry Hwy. For more information, check out our website at Carrollwoodbaptist.org

Looking forward to worshiping the living Lord this Sunday!

For His Glory, By His Grace!

Pastor Joe

 

 

Matthew 6:9-13, New International Version (NIV)

⁹ “This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
¹⁰ your kingdom come,
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us today our daily bread.
¹² And forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³ And lead us not into temptation,^[a]
    but deliver us from the evil one.^[b]’

Footnotes:

1.     Matthew 6:13 The Greek for temptation can also mean testing.

2.     Matthew 6:13 Or from evil; some late manuscripts one, / for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.