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111204 nt vistas 05 where prayer begins
- 2. Starts with a Proper View of God “Our” • Not “my” • Corporate
- 3. Starts with a Proper View of God “Our” • Not “my” • Corporate “Father” • “Abba” • “In heaven”
- 4. Priority Focus: God & His Glory Hallowed be your name
- 5. Priority Focus: God & His Glory Hallowed be your name Your kingdom come
- 6. Priority Focus: God & His Glory Hallowed be your name Your kingdom come Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven
- 7. Secondary Focus: Us & Our Needs
- 8. Secondary Focus: Us & Our Needs Give us today our daily bread
- 9. Secondary Focus: Us & Our Needs Give us today our daily bread Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors
- 10. Secondary Focus: Us & Our Needs Give us today our daily bread Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one
- 11. With Whom are You Obsessed? Obsessed with Self • Reputation • Authority • Will • Self-reliance
- 12. With Whom are You Obsessed? Obsessed with God • Holiness • Reign • Will • Dependence on God Obsessed with Self • Reputation • Authority • Will • Self-reliance
Editor's Notes
- 5 Prayer is the greatest mystery in lifeIt lies at the heart of the ultimately mysterious relationship we enjoy w/ GodSome things we do not understand about prayer“Pray like this” — this is what prayer looks likeWhat follows, although traditionally known as the Lord's prayer, is really the disciples' prayer. It represents how they are to approach God, by acknowledging his uniqueness and their need for his provision and protection.Matthew 6:9-13 NIV84 "This, then, is how you should pray: "'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, (10) your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. (11) Give us today our daily bread. (12) Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. (13) And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'Matthew 6:9-13 NBLH "Ustedes, pues, oren de estamanera: 'Padre nuestroqueestás en los cielos, Santificado sea Tunombre. (10) 'VengaTureino. HágaseTuvoluntad, Así en la tierracomo en el cielo. (11) 'Danos hoy el pan nuestro de cadadía. (12) 'Y perdónanosnuestrasdeudas (ofensas, pecados), comotambiénnosotroshemosperdonado a nuestrosdeudores (los quenosofenden, noshacen mal). (13) 'Y no nosmetas (no nosdejescaer) en tentación, sinolíbranos del mal (del maligno). PorqueTuyoes el reino y el poder y la gloriaparasiempre. Amén.'
- Prayer Starts with a Proper View of God“Our,” not “my”There are occasions for individual prayer — inner-room typePronouns are plural — corporate prayerAmerican church largely forgot power/need for corporate prayerWe think God wants us to be “rugged individualists” — think wrong
- “Father” (Abba) is the family term for the father — familiarity (child)The term is a little unusual in a personal prayer. It is not the exact equivalent of "daddy" (as is sometimes popularly suggested), but it does suggest a close, familial relationship.Approachable, personal, cares about youRevolutionary to think of God in such personal termsJudaism much more comfortable with the “in heaven” sideJewish people commonly addressed God as “Our heavenly Father” when they prayed, although such intimate titles as “Abba” (Papa) were rare. Otherness, majesty, wonder, fear, Lord and judgePrayer calls us to balance these twoOur culture desperately needs to rediscover the latter — majesty/wonderWe often treat God with disrespectful familiarity“Wave to Jesus for his birthday.”
- Prayer Focuses First on God & His GloryThis is the first of two basic truths about prayerPrayer is not primarily about me; it is a time to be focused on GodThree imperatives — Calling on God to act for his own glory1. “Hallowed be your name”“Hallowed” is holy; “Name” stands for the person himselfGod already is holy — calling on God to act in/through me/us in such a way that the world sees he is holy — sinless, perfect.One standard Jewish prayer of the day (the Kaddish) proclaimed, “Exalted and hallowed be his … name … and may his kingdom come speedily and soon.”Jewish prayers recognized that God’s name would be “hallowed,” or “sanctified,” “shown holy,” in the time of the end, when his kingdom would come. In the present God’s people could hallow his name by living rightly; if they lived wrongly, they would “profane” his name, or bring it into disrepute among the nations.
- 2. “Your kingdom come”Your kingdom come represents the hope for the full manifestation of God's promised rule.Not earthly realm but kingly “rule” in lives of his disciplesCalling on God to rule in me/us — rule expand throughout the worldUltimately, God’s rule would come in all its fullness (Phil 2) — Maranatha
- 3. “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven”God’s will is always done, perfectly, in heaven (“Not my will but yours be done.”)Believed after his kingdom came God’s will would be done on earth as in heaven.Prayers that put God first, and us a distant lastWhen we understand: “Our Father in heaven” (approachable; awe-inspiring), we fade into the backgroundBecome consumed with God and not ourselves; His glory becomes central and not oursAnd we can pray, “Name … kingdom … will”Prayers often in conflict with what we really think/doPray: “May you be seen as holy,” but we live as sinners and not saints; our sin diminishes God in the eyes of the world“Oh my God”— vulgar — our curse shames God, makes him seem less holyPray: “May your kingdom come,” but we fight against God’s lordship in our livesGod’s kingdom does not grow, in our lives — outreach — missions
- When Our Deepest Desire is to See God GlorifiedWe come to understand our total dependence on him — 2nd basic truthPrayer shifts to our needs that only God can supply — three imperativesThe focus is still on God, because it is only He who can act on our behalf.
- 4. Dependence for physical needs: “Give us this day our daily bread”The term ἐπιούσιος (epiousio, daily) does not occur outside of early Christian literature, so its meaning is difficult to determine. Various suggestions include "daily," "the coming day," and "for existence." God is concerned about my daily, mundane needsWants to give us our needs, not greedsDaily bread, not yearly breadThis verse alludes to God’s provision of “daily bread” (manna) for his people in the wilderness after he first redeemed them. Prayers for God to supply one’s basic needs—of which bread and water are the ultimate examples—were common in the ancient world Understand that everything comes from God —Live in dependence on him — abilities, opportunitiesHuman security is an illusion —
- 5. Dependence for spiritual needs: “Forgive us our debts as …”Jewish teaching regarded sins as “debts” before God; the same Aramaic word could be used for both. Biblical law required the periodic forgiveness of monetary debtors (in the seventh and fiftieth years), so the illustration of forgiving debts would have been a graphic one (especially since Jewish lawyers had found a way to circumvent the release of debts so that creditors would continue to lend).Relationship between God forgiving us, and us forgiving others"as even we." The phrase ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς (hōkaihēmei) makes ἡμεῖς emphatic.If I truly understand who God is and what He has done in forgiving my sins,I will freely forgives others — sign of my true repentanceIf I hold on to resentments and hurts and refuse to forgive others – wouldn’t forgive until I think they are really sorry – then I have not truly repented of my own sinsGod will not forgive me — my relationship with Him damagedDifficult — only hurts me (December 7)Nothing more sinful than my heartMy forgiveness of others must not be predicated on their repentance; rather, God’s forgiveness of me is predicated on my forgiveness of others
- 6. “And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil”DifficultGod does not tempt anyone “Testing” of our faith is a good thing “Evil” can also be “evil one,” i.e., SatanBasic idea is clear: Express our dependence on God for our moral needsWe are not capable, in and of ourselves, to resist the power of sin and SatanParallels with ancient Jewish prayers, and possibly the Aramaic wording behind this verse, suggest that the first line means: “Let us not sin when we are tested”—rather than “Let us not be tested”The term πονηροῦ (ponērou) may be understood as specific and personified, referring to the devil, or possibly as a general reference to evil. It is most likely personified since it is articular (τοῦ πονηροῦ, touponērou). Cf. also "the evildoer" in Mat_5:39, which is the same construction.Only God can protect us from sin — “Wretched man …”
- Most of Us are Obsessed with OurselvesOur reputation, authority over ourselves, our will be doneShows itself in self-reliance (physical, spiritual, and moral needs)
- Prayer teaches us that we should be obsessed with God — his holiness, reign, willIn that obsession we see our utter dependence on him for all thingsWith our hands open and empty, we come to our father in prayer.Prayer is worship, and lets worship God right now