The Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is the most familiar prayer in the Bible. It consists of seven petitions.
It is the prayer Jesus instructed his followers to pray as recorded in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4.
It is a slightly longer prayer in Matthew delivered during Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation.
But deliver us from evil.
Matthew concludes with: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer in the Gospel of Luke comes after Jesus had prayed. One of the disciples said “Lord teach us to pray.” Chapter 11:1-4. And He said unto them:
When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
Importance of the Lord’s Prayer.
It was instruction by Jesus Himself on how to pray.
It is for Christians throughout the world.
It is a reminder and acknowledgment of who God is.
It is a recognition of our dependence on God.
It addresses the need of forgiveness and reconciliation.
It concludes in the Gospel of Matthew with our recognition of God and His Kingdom.
Below is the message audio.
Below is the underlined link to the typed notes