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Series Review
What can I do for you?
That’s what we ask when someone dies, someone loses their job.
Someone has a serious illness.
A divorce.
A family tragedy.
What can I do for you?
How can I support you.
What do you think is the number one answer: Pray for me.
We can always pray.
We can’t get their job back.
Get their parents back.
Make the pain go away.
Solve their problem.
But we can pray.
Prayer, next to reading the Bible, is one of the most important things we do as a Christian.
So important that one day the disciples said to Jesus, “Lord, teach us to pray.”
Then Jesus answered them with what we know as the Lord’s prayer.
It’s a model prayer.
It’s a guideline.
A template.
The trap of rote repetition.
The National Anthem.
Look around, and you see retired military who are deeply moved, and others who look distracted.
In conversation, mouthing the words but their minds are elsewhere.
Rote repetition.
This series is not just about the prayer we recite on Sunday.
We’re not just going to break down each part of the Lord’s Prayer so we can know what it means.
I want us to leave here knowing how to pray.
(When we are confused…hurting…we can know how to pray)
So how can I pray?
How can I teach my kids to pray?
It begins with…Our Father, who art in heaven.
The Lord’s Prayer begins with Our Father.
Last week Rich Barney unpacked that for us.
Jesus wants us to know that God is our father, so we can address him like we would a loving father: One who cares about what happened to us today.
One who is delighted that you are visiting.
One who is excited about spending time with you.
One who wants to be with you all the time.
That can be challenging, if we have
Sermon Introduction
Matthew 6:
But then Jesus stops right after that and says, “But wait, he’s also holy.”
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Hallowed.
That means holy.
Holy is your name.
Yes, God is a loving father, but at the same time He is holy, and we are to treat his name as holy when we pray.
There’s an important balance when we talk to God.
(the side of you I can relate to: I can relate to you as a father, as a sports fan; the side of you I can’t; lost someone to cancer, law enforcement agent; a pastor?
oh, let me tell you it’s great; )
There is a warm side of God that we an relate to - God wants us to relate to; but there is also a side to God that we can’t: God is holy.
This sermon really comes down to one word: holy.
Holy is your name.
Hallowed by thy name.
Just like the word Father, the word holy can transform the way you pray.
Y…H
What comes to your mind when you hear the words God is holy?
For me, I think of behavior, actions, character.
Morals.God’s actions are right.
God’s motives are pure.
God’s wisdom is perfect.
Y…H
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I was reading a book written by a Jewish author, and I kept running into this.
I thought I knew what it was, but I asked a Jewish person what it was.
He explained to me that it was the Hebrew name for God.
But Jews are forbidden from speaking or writing God’s name, so they would write it in an abbreviated form.
I’m sure you know that Christians do not have an issue with speaking or writing God’s name.
Listen to a message or read a portion of the Bible and that becomes apparent.
But the explanation by my Jewish friend taught me something that day: God’s name is not just a name, like yours and mine.
God’s name is not just a word alongside others.
God’s name is not to be used for common purposes.
God’s name is holy.
Hallowed by thy name.
We have to be careful how we use God’s name in our everyday speech, and in our prayers.
I w
So many of them I can see in the words that have come out of my mouth.
Losing my temper and saying something mean to my kids.
Ever use sarcasm or dry humor and it hurt someone?
Discouraging someone with the wrong kind of criticism.
We can do so much damage with our mouths.
So in the words of my Jewish friend, we can be reckless with our speech, so just don’t say God’s name at all.
I wouldn’t go that far, because God is a father and invites us to call him by name.
But take care how you use God’s name.
Hallowed by thy name.
Holy is your name.
What comes to your mind when you hear the words God is holy?
For me, I think of behavior, actions, character.
Morals.God’s actions are right.
God’s motives are pure.
God’s wisdom is perfect.
What comes to your mind when you hear the word holy?
For me, I think of behavior.
Morals.
holy because I the Lord am holy, as it says
We pray like we are talking to a loving Father, but we are also talking to someone who is holy.
God’s actions are right.
God’s motives are pure.
God’s wisdom is perfect.
But here’s another way to think of that word holy: it means set apart.
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