Join us for a message from Chad Persons of Bluewater Covenant Bible Camp. In these familiar words, Jesus teaches us how to pray with both intimacy and reverence, “Our Father” and “hallowed be your name.” He leads us to surrender, “Your kingdom come, your will be done”, trusting that God’s ways are higher than ours. We’re reminded to depend on Him daily, to forgive as we’ve been forgiven, and to seek His protection in times of testing.
Matthew 6:9-13 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, but deliver us from the evil one. ’
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Balance of Relationship and Reverence
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Request with Recognition of God's Authority
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Mark 1:14 NIV
14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
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Matthew 26:39 NIV
39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
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Mark 14:36 NIV
36 “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
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John 12:27-28 NIV
27 “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!”Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
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Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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Contentment in Dependence Upon God's Provision
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John 6:33-35 NIV
33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
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Forgiven People Are Forgiving People
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Romans 10:9-10 NIV
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
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Matthew 6:14 NIV
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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Protection From Ourselves (Our Will)
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Matthew 4:1 NIV
1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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Matthew 4:4 NIV
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
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Matthew 4:7 NIV
7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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Matthew 4:10 NIV
10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”
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Application:
God's will for your life is found in the connection you spend as you pray as Jesus prayed. Find yourself this week praying the Lord's Prayer often and in the midst of the testing that God's way is better than your way.