TWR Kenya Retreat Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus (2) Matthew 6:9

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus a family prayer a model prayer we come before him as trusting children far away – brought near he specialises in personal touch reverence for God and distance from God

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus it was national in the OT it is personal in the NT Calvary made all the difference our dependence on him listen to John Wesley hear Thomas Chalmers we love him, he loves us

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus My God is reconciled, His pardoning voice I hear; He owns me for his child, I can no longer fear. With confidence I now draw nigh – And ‘Father, Abba Father’ cry.

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus ‘our Father’ – who he is ‘in heaven’ – where he is he is the glorious King the God who is unique focus on amazing grace John F Kennedy … daddy and Mr President we’re in the family of God

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus ‘hallowed be your name’ we come before him as reverent worshippers cf. Psalm 96:9 the perfection of God Nadab & Abihu (Lev. 10) Uzzah (1 Chron. 13) be aware of his holiness

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus angels in awe of him God is not a warm glow – he is a consuming fire everything associated with him is holy God does what he does because he is who he is ‘a holy name’ he is who his name is

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus William Carey motto we want God to live up to his name when he grows his church when we are the Real McCoy the glory bounces back we need to ask God to make us holy

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus ‘When our lives shine, his name shines in us.’ [Thomas Watson] ‘A holy man is an awesome weapon in the hand of a holy God.’ [R M McCheyne] a prayer that God intends to answer – Isaiah 59:19

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus Tell out my soul, The greatness of his name; Make known his might, The deeds his arm has done. His mercy sure, from age to age the same; His holy name – the Lord, the Mighty One.

‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name …’