Matthew 6:9-13

⁹ In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. ¹⁰  Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. ¹¹  Give us this day our daily bread. ¹² And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.  ¹³   And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:9–13 (NKJV)

My parents, even though they were not yet believing Christians, taught my brothers and I the Lord’s Prayer to pray before we went to sleep at night.

Because it was not a big deal to them whether we got the PRAYER right or not, they NEVER corrected my brother Dan’s interpretation of verse :13

“Lead us not into the gas station!”

When our Lord Jesus taught this prayer to His disciples, I believe He wanted them not only to know the correct wording of the prayer, but also

He wanted them to know the God, the Heavenly Father they were praying to!

1. Our Father is a heavenly, royal Father, hallow His name, treat Him with the highest respect –

⁹ In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. ¹⁰  Your kingdom come… Matthew 6:9–10 A

1. Because of Jesus’ dying on the cross our calling God, “father” is made possible.

• J. I. Packer in his great book Knowing God, has an entire chapter on God being our father – He says it is the biggest difference between Old & NT.

• The apostle Paul has us calling God “abba” –

Romans 8:15 (NKJV)

¹⁵ For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”

Abba = Daddy and implies cheerful intimacy with God!

Yet, we are never to forget God is our Heavenly Father, He is the Great King, He is worthy of the Highest reverence, even fear, definitely RESPECT!

1. Our Father is a ruling and right Father, pray for the coming of His Kingdom, keep His commands and trust Him in all circumstances –

¹⁰  Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10

1.  God’s kingdom is priority #1 –   

³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33

• God’s will must be before our own:

1. God’s prescriptive will, His will we follow – like a doctor’s prescription …

¹²  “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long

upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. ¹³  “You shall

not murder. Exodus 20:12–13

• God’s decretive will, His will we fall into (we must still consider it good)-

¹⁸ in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Romans 8:28–29 (NKJV)

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. ²⁹ For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

His decretive will is like a prescription too, because He writes it, even when pains and difficulties come into our lives, we still trust Him because these things are meant to make us more like Jesus Christ!

1. Our Father is a rich Father, believe He will provide for all your needs –

¹¹  Give us this day our daily bread. ¹² And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. Matthew 6:11–12

1. God provides for our material needs –

³¹ “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:31–33

Not only bread, but even BACON which we will LORD willing eat tonight is part of God’s provision for us —

• God provides for our spiritual needs –
• Forgiveness – ¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Matthew 6:12

• With forgiveness, we have every spiritual blessing –

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Ephesians 1:3

1. Our Father is the biggest and strongest. Trust Him to defeat all your enemies –

¹³  And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil

one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:13 (NKJV)

As a child did you ever say to a friend… my father is stronger than your father?  Or my dad can beat up your dad?

That may or may not have been true about our natural fathers….

But God as a father of Christian, can and does beat Satan …

He also beats sin and every temptation —-

As believers we should LEARN –  Ephesians 6:10 (NKJV)

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

We learn to PRAY –  lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil

one.

He is the ONE TRUE KING Who is ALL POWERFUL –

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:13 (NKJV)

³  For You have been a shelter for me, A strong tower from the enemy. Psalm 61:3