6/17/2018
Our Father!
…the only begotten Son, Who is in the Bosom of the Father, hath declared Him.
Family Relationships Are Primary In God’s Sight
Ephesians 6:1-3 Children (sons & daughters), obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honor thy father & mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
God Intends Healthy Relationship for Fathers & Children
Malachi 4:5-6 I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.
Prayer Is Not For Show
Matthew 6:5 When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Prayer Is Private
Matthew 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Repetitive Prayer Is Pagan
Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetition, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Prayer Is Acknowledgement
Matthew 6:8 Be ye not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him.
Praise Our Father’s Position
Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.
Petition Our Father’s Intervention
Matthew 6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Beseech Our Father For Our Daily Needs
Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
Exodus 16:16-18
Prayer Pursues The Father’s Mercy
Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Prayer Perceives Our Father’s Protection
Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
Our Father Holds Everything In His Hands
Matthew 6:13 For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever Amen.