What’s Meant By: But Deliver Us…? Catechism Questions 368-372 October 22, 2017

What Is Prayer? Prayer is gift from God where I can talk to him about anything that’s on my mind.

What’s Meant By: Hallowed Be Your Name? God’s name is hallowed (kept holy) when I speak and live according to God’s Word.

What’s Meant By: Your Kingdom Come? I ask that God will strengthen my faith and bring many other people to faith in Jesus.

What’s Meant By: Your Will Be Done…? I ask that God will help me to do his will rather than the will of the devil, world, and my sinful flesh.

What’s Meant By: Give Us Today…? I ask God to graciously provide for my bodily needs day by day.

What’s Meant By: Forgive Us Our Sins…? I ask God to graciously cancel my sins and to lead me to forgive and do good to other people.

What’s Meant By: Lead Us Not…? I ask God to help me so I am not overcome by temptations that might lead me to sin.

What’s Meant By: But Deliver Us…?

Daniel In The Lion’s Den 6:16-24

Why was Daniel thrown into the lion’s den? Because of a corrupt rule outlawing worship to God. How did God deliver Daniel from evil? By keeping him safe from the lions.

Genesis 3:16-19,23

What is evil? Evil is all the hardships I experience in life as a result of sin’s ruining this world.

Daniel In The Lion’s Den 6:16-24

Psalm 91:9-12

Romans 8:28

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

What am I asking God to do about the evil that threatens me? I ask that God would keep evil from me, or if he permits it to come, that he would use it for my good and would help me bear it.

Daniel In The Lion’s Den 6:16-24

Revelation 21:3,4

What am I asking God to do in the future about the evil that threatens me? I ask that God would deliver me from evil completely in heaven.

Daniel In The Lion’s Den 6:16-24

A/D: When we get sick or have other troubles, God is punishing us for our sins A/D: It would be better to die suddenly than to spend years in sickness and pain and weakness before finally dying.

What’s Meant By: But Deliver Us…? I ask God to bring me safely through all the hardships of life until he takes me to heaven.

What’s Meant By: But Deliver Us…? Catechism Questions 368-372 October 22, 2017