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God Sees your Heart.
Who is around you doesn't matter
Next Week
Part 2 - The Importance
Why do we pray?
Prayer is as human as loving
Prayer is as necessary as breathing
A conversation, but also more
Prayer can change the world if we each pray for our hearts to be transformed into God’s heart.
Vs 1 introduces a new section (3 weeks)
Beware (concentrate) your motives for righteousness
Giving
Prayer
Fasting
These sections are in parallel
When you ______
Don’t ________with lousy intent or you will only get earthly rewards
Rather ______ Jesus’ way and get God’s reward
Don’t be like the Hypocrites
Today - How
Formulas or Methods?
This passage in its context
Types of prayers
Spontaneous
Recited payers
Recited Prayers 3 times
Before going to bed
When they got up in the morning
& Midday prayer ~3 pm
Jews didn’t normally pray in public
Guess where the “religious” guys were at 3 pm?
These recited public prayers are the ones Jesus is talking about.
There were people leveraging culture to look good.
Jesus says - “shut the door”
Inner room
God sees your heart.
Who is around doesn’t matter
He knows - culture or authentic relationship
In our day its the opposite
Lifting my hands on at the front of the boat
When prayer is an authentic relationship with Jesus we learn not to care about what others think
Practically Pray
Bill - Prays Publicly
Waits a long time gathers himself and speaks at a pace that puts the attention on Jesus
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