Topic > Christian Living
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.
They Are Watching
A professional football player’s team was having a terrible season, losing week after week. A reporter asked him how he stayed motivated to play hard and give his best even though his team lost almost every game. He responded, “My dad is watching that game. My mom is watching that game. You better believe I’m going to do my best!” He recognized that there was more at stake than just winning or losing. People were watching, and that reality always drove him to do his best.
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.”
Hopes And Dreams
In 1960, everyone in the high school I attended participated in Project TALENT. For several days, we took tests that surveyed our aptitudes in academic subjects. In addition, we were asked to express our plans, hopes, and dreams for the future. What we didn’t know was that we were among 400,000 participants from 1,300 schools in the largest study of high school students ever conducted in the US. None of us involved in the study could have imagined how our lives would turn out.
The way various cultures pray and the freedom we discover when we pray from the heart
Tuesday, August 14, 2012, Part 3
“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.
How the pattern of the Lord’s Prayer can revitalize our prayer life
Tuesday, August 7, 2012, Part 1
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.
An overview of the Lord’s Prayer, and how it’s a great way to engage with God
Monday, August 6, 2012
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 be used as liturgy or as a model for prayer.
PURPOSE: To help listeners appropriate the Lord’s Prayer.
Discover a new Bible engagement resource called the Community Bible Experience
Friday, August 3, 2012
Want the Bible to become a meaningful part of your daily life but don’t know where to start?
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Did you know that Scripture was originally intended to be read in groups, and not in isolation?
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
