Living the Lord’s Prayer
This Sunday, May 15, 2016 we will conclude our study of “The Lord’s
Prayer,” based on Matthew 6:9-13. The main Scripture passage that forms our teaching is found below.
We have been referring to this passage
as “The Model Prayer” because Jesus is giving His disciples a “how to” on praying
in response to their request, “Lord,
teach us to pray” (Lk. 11:1).
So far, we have looked at the first two aspects of Jesus’ teaching on
prayer. (1) Pray that God’s name is honored (Matt. 6:9b), and (2) Pray that God’s
kingdom will come on earth (6:10). For the first two messages in this series,
go to carrollwoodbaptist.org and click on “Sermons.”
In everything that Jesus has said about prayer through Matthew 6: 10, we
discover that prayer is a relationship and the first focus in prayer is to praise
and honor “Our Father in heaven.”
Only after the vertical dimension is emphasized does prayer move in the
direction of making personal requests. However, there is no question that we
have many personal “needs” and our wonderful
“Father in heaven” has given us
permission to ask Him to meet every need that we could ever have.
This third and final message in our series is definitely the most
practical for our daily lives because in this section of “The Model Prayer” Jesus
will teach us how prayer helps us to overcome worry, offers us an avenue of
forgiveness, and gives us strength to resist temptations. I hope that you will
join us this Sunday. Why not invite a friend for this practical teaching that
can make an immediate impact on the life of everyone who will practice what
Jesus has so plainly taught.
If you don’t
have a church home, we would love to have you worship with us at CBC where “All Are Welcome!” 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,[1]
but deliver us from the evil one.[2]’
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.
