What happens when we answer the call? The 2nd Year What happens when we answer the call?

Matthew 6:1 “Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.  

Matthew 6:2 When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get. 

Don’t do your good deeds publicly Danger of loosing your reward

Matthew 6:3-4 But when you give to someone in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. 4 Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

Live like you don’t care who gets the credit Your Father, who sees everything, will reward you

Start living your life to please just one person! Not you – Jesus!

Matthew 6:5 “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get. 

Trying to show people how godly you are.

Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.  

The proper motivation is to get closer to God

Matthew 6:7-8 “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. 8 Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!

It shouldn’t be memorized The proper way to pray It shouldn’t be memorized

It doesn’t have to be long The proper way to pray It doesn’t have to be long

It just has to be you talking to God The proper way to pray It just has to be you talking to God

Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. Matthew 6:9 Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Put God in His proper place In Heaven Holy

Matthew 6:10 May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.  

Focus our eyes on the right perspective His will, will be done on earth Ask for & accept His will

Give us today the food we need Matthew 6:11 Give us today the food we need

Trust & Rely on God for what we need today What we need to make it today

and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us Matthew 6:12 and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us

Focus on forgiveness Asking for our sins to be forgiven Forgive those who have sinned against us

And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. Matthew 6:13 And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. 

Our true fight Temptation Not giving in to it

Matthew 6:14-15 “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. 15 But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. 

Adjust our attitude Forgiveness

What should motivate us? Getting closer to God Being like Him