When You Pray (Matthew 6:5-15)

Sermon Series: The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)

Sermon Title: When You Pray

Sermon Text: Matthew 6:5-15

Big Idea: Prayer is an intimate conversation with God.

Jesus teaches WHY we pray (v5-8)

• Don’t pray to impress others, but to spend time with God (6:5-6)

• Don’t pray hoping God hears what you want, but confident God already knows what you need (6:7-8)

Jesus teaches HOW to pray (v9-15)

Adoration before asking: Our Father in Heaven (v9)

3 Declarations of God

1. Hallowed by your name (v9)

2. Your kingdom come (v10)

3. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven (v10)

3 Petitions to Ask of God

1. Provision (v11)

2. Pardon (v12)

3. Protection (v13)

Please don’t hear what Jesus is not saying.

• Jesus is not confronting WHO we pray with

• Jesus is not confronting WHEN we pray

• Jesus is not confronting the WORDS we pray