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Sermon outline on prayer
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Matthew 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
✦ Understand this verseπροσεύχομαι
proseúchomai · Greek · G4336
- In this verse
- pray
- What it means
- to pray
- How the King James translates it
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Sermon outline
Sermon title
How Jesus taught us to pray
Main idea
The prayer Jesus taught begins with God, and only then turns to our needs.
Text
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matthew 6:9-13 · Read the chapter →
Introduction
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warned against praying to be seen and against heaping up empty words. Then he gave a pattern — not a formula to repeat without thinking, but a way to pray.
1. In secret, to the Father
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:6 · Read the chapter →
Jesus says to go into your room, shut the door and pray to the Father, who sees in secret. Prayer is not a performance; it is a relationship with a Father who listens.
Application: Have a place and a time to pray alone.
2. First God’s name, kingdom and will
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:9-10 · Read the chapter →
Before asking for bread, the prayer hallows God’s name and asks for his kingdom to come and his will to be done. Praying this way puts our own wishes in their proper place.
Application: Begin your prayer with worship, before any request.
3. Then bread, forgiveness and protection
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matthew 6:11-13 · Read the chapter →
Then come our needs: today’s bread, the forgiveness of our debts — which commits us to forgive — and deliverance from evil. God cares for the body, for our relationships and for the soul.
Application: Bring God the concrete needs of this day, and forgive whoever you need to forgive.
Conclusion
Jesus did not teach us to pray eloquently, but to pray as children. Whoever prays this way learns to trust the Father, who knows what we need before we ask.