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  “Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors”   • Our greatest need is communion with God   When God is our Father it means we are in a saving relationship with Him. God desires that we as Christians maintain communion and fellowship with God. Things go wrong when known sins are unconfessed. Our greatest need is to maintainContinue reading “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sinned against us”

 Physical needs are important (The Father’s sustenance)   “Give us this day our daily bread”   • God is cares about your physical needs   Because God is our Father he cares for us. He is our Provider. God as our Father is our Shepherd. And He is therefore concerned about all our physical needs. We as humans consist ofContinue reading “Give us today our daily bread”

The accomplishment of God’s will   We pray, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”    We see, our first concern in prayer is God, His fame, his honor, his rule, his kingdom and his will. Before we get to our physical needs and spiritual needs we need to concentrate on God andContinue reading “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”

• The expansion of God’s kingdom  Closely connected to this is the next petition, “Your kingdom come” on earth as it is in heaven. We are many times building our own kingdoms on earth. We are concerned about our own names. When Jesus came to earth the kingdom of God was inaugurated. Jesus said, in the gospel ofContinue reading “Your kingdom come”

The first priority in all prayer (The Father’s glory and kingdom)   Jesus said: Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.  Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  • God’s Name and Glory  Whenever we pray, at any time of crisis or non-crisis, God’s name, God’s glory andContinue reading “Hallowed be your Name”

The necessity in all true prayer (Knowing the Father)   “Our Father in heaven” (Matthew 6:9)  • To know God as Father  The common conviction in the world, is that God is the Father of all people. They call it the eternal fatherhood of God and the universal brotherhood of man. It is true in oneContinue reading “Our Father in heaven”

Psalm 23 Part 8 — He Is our Blessedness .. Our Benefactor.. I shall not lack any spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 1:3). When we read further in the Psalm, we see that God blesses us with more things. He blesses us .. — with enemies and the valley of the shadow of death. TheContinue reading “The Lord is my Shepherd (Part 8)”

Psalm 23 Part 7 — God is our Satisfaction and Joy. “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup overflows.”   Let’s think about sheep again for a moment. David was a shepherd and if you have been a shepherd in ancient Israel youContinue reading “The Lord is my Shepherd (Part 7)”

Psalm 23 Part 6 — God is our Discipler/Comforter, “His rod and staff comfort me..” I shall not lack encouragement and comfort. A shepherd of his sheep uses his staff to help the sheep when they have been lead astray or if they have wandered from the path. A shepherd will even use the rodContinue reading “The Lord is my Shepherd (Part 6)”