The significance of honoring God first and foremost

Monday, August 27, 2012, Part 3

“In this manner, therefore, pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name’” (Matthew 6:9).

IDEA: “Hallowed be your name” is not a request that God be made holy, but that we will be able to reflect His holiness in the way we pray and the way we live.

PURPOSE: To help listeners pray this petition with meaning.

What does it mean to “hallow” God’s name?

Thursday, August 23, 2012, Part 1

“In this manner, therefore, pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name’” (Matthew 6:9).

IDEA: “Hallowed be your name” is not a request that God be made holy, but that we will be able to reflect His holiness in the way we pray and the way we live.

PURPOSE: To help listeners pray this petition with meaning.

Who God is, and how we can relate to Him

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

“In this manner, therefore, pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name’” (Matthew 6:9).

IDEA: God, whom we address as Abba, is also our Father in heaven.

PURPOSE: To help listeners realize who their heavenly Father really is.

Let’s examine the characteristics of our heavenly Father, by looking at the Son, Jesus!

Tuesday, August 21, 2012, Part 4

“In this manner, therefore, pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name’” (Matthew 6:9).

IDEA: Speaking to God as Father, as Jesus taught us, reveals a great deal about our relationship with God.

PURPOSE: To help listeners realize what it signifies when we can speak to God as Father.

How God defines Himself as father, and how this influences our relationship with Him

Monday, August 20, 2012, Part 3

“In this manner, therefore, pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name’” (Matthew 6:9).

IDEA: Speaking to God as Father, as Jesus taught us, reveals a great deal about our relationship with God.

PURPOSE: To help listeners realize what it signifies when we can speak to God as Father.

Let’s look at Jesus’ teaching on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount

Friday, August 17, 2012, Part 2

“In this manner, therefore, pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name’” (Matthew 6:9).

IDEA: Speaking to God as Father, as Jesus taught us, reveals a great deal about our relationship with God.

PURPOSE: To help listeners realize what it signifies when we can speak to God as Father.

God’s immense love as our heavenly Father

Thursday, August 16, 2012, Part 1

“In this manner, therefore, pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name’” (Matthew 6:9).

IDEA: Speaking to God as Father, as Jesus taught us, reveals a great deal about our relationship with God.

PURPOSE: To help listeners realize what it signifies when we can speak to God as Father.

What it means to embrace God as our Abba Father

Wednesday, August 15, 2012, Part 4

“In this manner, therefore, pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.’” (Matthew 6:9)

IDEA: When we address God as Father, we do so because Jesus who spoke to God that way invited us to do so.

PURPOSE: To help listeners to be motivated to pray because they are talking to God who is their “father.”

The sacrifice Jesus paid in order for us to have an intimate relationship with God

Monday, August 13, 2012, Part 2

“In this manner, therefore, pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.’” (Matthew 6:9)

IDEA: When we address God as Father, we do so because Jesus who spoke to God that way invited us to do so.

PURPOSE: To help listeners to be motivated to pray because they are talking to God who is their “father.”

The privilege of calling our Lord by a personal title, Father

Friday, August 10, 2012, Part 1

“In this manner, therefore, pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.’” (Matthew 6:9)

IDEA: When we address God as Father, we do so because Jesus who spoke to God that way invited us to do so.

PURPOSE: To help listeners to be motivated to pray because they are talking to God who is their “father.”

The radical nature of calling the Creator of the universe Father

Thursday, August 9, 2012

“In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father 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 forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours in the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, Amen” (Matthew 6:9-13).

IDEA: When Christians talk to God in prayer, they can address Him as “Father” because Jesus did.

PURPOSE: To help listeners understand the privilege they have as sons and daughters of a heavenly Father.

The Lord’s Prayer is a foundation for our communication with God, but not the final word on it

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, Part 2

The Lord’s Prayer:

“In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father 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 forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours in the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, Amen” (Matthew 6:9-13).

IDEA: The Lord’s Prayer can guide us as we pray.

PURPOSE: To help listeners see how the outline of the prayer can make prayer more meaningful.