Bible Readings:
Proverbs 3:1-26
Hebrews 12:1-25
Sermon Outline:
Luke 11:1–4 (NKJV)
1Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”
2So He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
3Give us day by day our daily bread.
4And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.”
I Our Father is good
II Our Father is wise
III Our Father is God
The Heidelberg Catechism (A. D. 1563)
Lord’s Day 46
- Why has Christ commanded us to address God as “our
Father”?
To awaken in us
at the very beginning of our prayer
what should be basic to our prayer—
a childlike reverence and trust
that through Christ God has become our Father,
and will much less refuse to give us
what we ask in faith
than will our parents refuse us the things of this life.
1 Matt. 7:9–11; Luke 11:11–13