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Introduction
Please open Gods word to Matthew chapter 6, and we are going to begin reading in verse 5.
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Now we are talking today about “ The Sustaining Power of Prayer “
With that in mind starting in verse 5.
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A. We are to Pray Secretly
The Lord Jesus, first of all, in verses 5 and 6, says we are to pray secretly ( ) The secret to praying is praying in secret!
What a man is in his closet, is what he is.
You can’t measure a man or women by their public life , but by their prayer life in private.
One Preacher said, you cant measure preacher by what he is in the pulpit but what he is in his prayer life in private.
And that both frightens me, and challenges me, and it ought to challenge all of you also.
We are to get alone with God and to pray in secret.
B. We Are to Pray Sincerely
But, not only are we to pray secretly; we’re to pray sincerely.
In verses 7 and 8, He says, “When you pray, don’t use vain repetition.”
(Matthew 6:7) Now, there are a lot of people who just like to rattle off prayer.
And, they repeat little words, little phrases, but they’re not sincere.
They don’t even really think about what they’re talking about.
In Tibet, they pray with a prayer wheel.
They have a little wheel on the end of a stick, and they just roll it round and round and round and round.
And, every time the wheel goes around, that’s a prayer.
I know some Baptists like that, but the difference is the wheels are in their head.
And, they’re just going round and round and round, but they don’t really think about what they’re talking about.
They’re just simply using vain repetition.
Did you ever hear anybody say something like this: “Say a prayer for me”?
Now, that kind of bothers me when I hear people ask a request like that: “Say a prayer for me.”
We don’t say prayers; we pray prayers.
What’s the difference?
•Well, suppose I came to visit you, and I sat down in your living room, and you looked at me and said, “Say a conversation.”
It would be ridiculous.
You see, I don’t say conversation; I talk.
You don’t say prayers; you pray.•
We are talking with God, not just rattling off little things.
Even this prayer that I’ve just read to you, I called it “the Model Prayer” because it’s a guide to pray.
Jesus said in verse 9: “After this manner … pray ye.” (Matthew 6:9) He didn’t say to pray this prayer.
We’re not all supposed to stand up and say, “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.”
(Matthew 6:9) That’s all right if you’re praying that prayer out of your heart, but just to repeat it, to use vain repetition … We’re not “heard for [our] much speaking.”
(Matthew 6:7)
C. We Are to Pray Spiritually
We are to pray secretly.
We are to pray sincerely.
We are to pray spiritually.
Our Lord taught us how to pray, beginning in verse 9.
And, verse 9 is going to be the verse that we’re going to look at for today.
It’s the key verse for today.
And, look at it again: “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.”
() And, there are three things I want you to see in that verse with me today: first of all, I want you to see our Heavenly Father; secondly, I want you to see our human family; and thirdly, I want you to see our holy faith.
I believe all three are talked about in verse 9. Okay, let’s look at it.
I. Our Heavenly Father
First of all, I want you to notice our Heavenly Father.
Jesus, when He taught us to pray, taught us that we could come to God and address God as our Father.
I. Our Heavenly Father
First of all, I want you to notice our Heavenly Father.
Jesus, when He taught us to pray, taught us that we could come to God and address God as our Father.
A. Who He Is
Now, people have always been talking about God, and who He is, and what He’s like.
Aristotle, the philosopher, said that God is “the Unmoved Mover.”
Huxley said God is “eternal energy.”
Arnold said that God is “the absolute unknown.”
In Star Wars, He’s “the Force,” and to some people, He’s “the Man upstairs.”
Frankly, all that leaves me cold.
I’m glad I don’t have to pray to eternal energy.
I’m glad I don’t have to call upon the Force.
I am glad that I don’t have to think about the Unmoved Mover.
I am glad that Jesus taught me when I pray, I can come to Him and say, “Father.”
Jesus taught us to pray to God as Father.
Do you know, come to think of it, that may be one of the most important words in all of the Bible—Father, Father.
“When ye pray, say, ‘Our Father.’
” (Matthew 6:9) That’s who He is.
Rogers, A. (2017).
Enjoying the Family of God.
In Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive ().
Signal Hill, CA: Rogers Family Trust
B. Where He Is
Now, let’s think about where He is.
The Scripture says, “Our Father which art in heaven.”
(Matthew 6:9) But literally, in the Greek language it is “in the heavens.”
It’s plural.
“Our Father which art in [the heavens].”
(Matthew 6:9) The word heaven is used twice in this prayer—first of all, “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name”—and later on—“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”
(Matthew 6:9–10) The first time it is plural.
The second time it is singular.
Now, that’s not by accident, dear friend; that is by divine design.
And, not one jot nor one tittle is in the Scripture by mistake.
B. Where He Is
Now, let’s think about where He is.
The Scripture says, “Our Father which art in heaven.”
(Matthew 6:9) But literally, in the Greek language it is “in the heavens.”
It’s plural.
“Our Father which art in [the heavens].”
(Matthew 6:9) The word heaven is used twice in this prayer—first of all, “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name”—and later on—“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”
(Matthew 6:9–10) The first time it is plural.
The second time it is singular.
Now, that’s not by accident, dear friend; that is by divine design.
And, not one jot nor one tittle is in the Scripture by mistake.
And so, why does the Bible say that we’re to pray to God, “Our Father which art in [the heavens]”?
(Matthew 6:9) Well, there are three heavens.
Do you remember the Apostle Paul said he was caught up into the third heaven, into paradise, and he saw there things not lawful for man to utter?
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