The Lord’s Prayers: Week 2

Pastor Andrew Schmidt continues a new sermon series as part of our Year of the Lord theme for 2024. This series is called, “The Lord’s Prayers” and it focuses on the prayers that Jesus prayed, with the traditional Lord’s Prayer as a base. During this series you’re encouraged to pray the Lord’s prayer every day!

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Sermon Notes:

Review: "Our Father" Jesus & I are praying this together. 

• Starting point is that we are praying to a person. "Thank you God that you love me. I am chosen and dearly loved."

• After addressing the Father, knowing we are loved and that God is eager to give good gifts (Luke 11:7-11), we are to start asking for things in Jesus model prayer. 

• The first thing we are to ask for is surprising and not what usually come to mind for us when we know we can ask for anything:  Hallowed be your Name: "Father, Glorify Your Name"

• We hallow God's Name through expressions of praise (Luke 10:21)

• We hallow God's Name when we seek his glory/to glorify Him with our lives (John 12:27-28; 17:1-5, 20-24)

• We hallow God's Name when we represent his character (Deuteronomy 5:11; John 17:11, 17, Colossians 3:12-14)

• We prioritize asking for God to be seen as He actually is loving, good, wise, powerful, kind, generous, etc.  That we would see Him as He truly is and others would as well. 

• We can pray, Father, glorify your name in....(me, my family, my day to day, this situation, my workplace, etc.)