Sunday, October 23, 2016
Prayer
Duration:38 mins 27 secs
BASICS: PRAYER
MATT.6:1-18
THERE IS A DANGER OF CONFUSING THE APPEARANCE OF SOMETHING FOR ITS REALITY …
VS.1
THE THEME, THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, A PROPER STANDARD AND MOTIVATION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS …
RIGHTEOUSNESS WAS OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE TO A JEW,
RIGHTEOUSNESS WAS EXPRESSED IN THREE WAYS;
GIVING ALMS, RIGHTEOUSNESS EXPRESSED TOWARDS OTHERS,
FASTING, RIGHTEOUSNESS EXPRESSED TOWARD SELF …
THE QUESTION: WHY DO I DO WHAT I DO?
THE AUDIENCE: GOD OR MAN?
THE DANGER:
THE DANGER OF PRAYING LIKE A PERFORMER, VS.5-6
DON’T BE A PRETENDER, “HYPOCRITES”
REMEMBER YOUR AUDIENCE
PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY
THE DANGER OF PRAYING LIKE A PAGAN, VS.7-8
VS.7, THE PRAYERS OF THE PAGANS
MANIPULATIVE
MECHANICAL
MAGICAL
VS.8, THE PRAYERS OF THE BELIEVER
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING THEREFORE, I CAN ASK HIM ANYTHING
GOD IS AFTER INTIMACY
THE DANGER OF PRAYING IN PARODIES, VS.14-15
PRAYER IS FAMILY BUSINESS
PRAYER AND FORGIVENESS
THE DELIGHT OF PRAYER, VS.9-13
PERSONAL – “OUR FATHER”
WORSHIPFUL – “HALLOWED”
RESPECTFUL – “THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE”
PRACTICAL – “GIVE US …”
SPIRITUAL –
“FORGIVE US …”
“LEAD US NOT …”