Luke 11:1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

What we have come to call “The Lord’s Prayer” occurs 2 separate times in the Gospels: * A short summary of it in Luke 11: 1-4 * A fuller version that occurred during Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew 6: 9-13

that Jesus shared with His disciples Both of “The Lord’s Prayer” teachings existed inside of larger prayer lessons that Jesus shared with His disciples (Matthew 6: 5-8, 14 and Luke 11: 5-13). Those “other lessons” on prayer will be covered in upcoming sermons and hold great value for us today.

Throughout the Old Testament, God is only referred to as “Father” 12 times and only in metaphorical ways. Jesus refers to God as Father over 175 times in the Gospels (6 times in John 17). The Aramaic term, abba, was more informal for father, like “dad” or “daddy.”

It is very important that Jesus says, “Our Father in Heaven” to begin. If Jesus had said, “Pray to My Father in Heaven in this way…”; the tone of our prayers would be very different. We are invited and united with Jesus!

Using the same idea as David in Psalm 103: 1-2, when we say “hallowed” be the Name of God; we are blessing and praising Him… praying to Him with appropriate reverence, humility, and respect.

One of the foundational messages for Jesus and His disciples was “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near!” As important as His other messages are (like the need to be “born again”); Jesus’ teachings, parables, and The Lord’s Prayer stress the importance of the Kingdom of God and its advancement.

the rule of God through the rulership of Jesus “Jesus teaches us to pray for God’s reign to come. What we are asking for when we do is that the rule of God through the rulership of Jesus be extended over our lives and over the whole earth.” - William David Spencer

Hobha, the Aramaic word used for sin, literally means “debt Hobha, the Aramaic word used for sin, literally means “debt.” The Greek word for sin is “harmatia” (the root of “harm”). Regardless of sin terms, Jesus repeatedly emphasized during His teachings (and a few verses later in Matt. 6:14), that as forgiven people… we must be forgivers.

Matthew 18: 21-35

led into temptation and to be delivered from evil, When we pray to not be led into temptation and to be delivered from evil, we are asking for 2 things: 1.) God’s protection from plots or traps that may lead us towards sin 2.) God’s protection from demonic attacks and human persecution

The Disputed Benediction of “For Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.” does not appear in the earliest copies of Gospel manuscripts, but first shows up in The Didache (estimated 50 - 120 A.D.) and some other early church documents.

1 Chronicles 29:11 “Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the Heavens and in the Earth is Yours. Yours is the Kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as Head above all.”

Before we pray The Lord’s Prayer together, I want to stress a few things: 1. The Lord’s Prayer is a template. 2. The Lord’s Prayer is a treasure. 3. Reciting The Lord’s Prayer mindlessly is a tragedy.

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