Sermon preached by Matthew DelValle on September 8, 2024 at First Baptist Church in Delphi, Indiana. First Baptist Church is an evangelical church in Delphi, Indiana helping people find and follow Jesus. Our mission is to declare God’s truth, disciple God’s people, delight in God’s Son, and display God’s glory. Join us for Sunday Worship at 10:30am. Sunday School begins at 9:30am. We gather at 103 S. Indiana Street, Delphi, Indiana 46923.
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Introduction
Big Idea: Jesus teaches his disciples a pattern for prayer to our Father in heaven that seeks his glory and our good.
1. The Entreating Preface of the Prayer [Mt. 6:9]
- What Is Prayer? (“Therefore, you should pray like this”)
- Not informing God, but transforming us [Mt. 6:7–8]
- Not listening to God, but talking to him
- Not a mantra to chant, but a model to follow
- Who Is It That We Pray To? (“Our Father in heaven”)
- Authority [Ps. 90:2; 115:3]
- Intimacy [Ps. 103:8–14; Rom. 8:14–15]
2. The Eternal Petitions of the Prayer [Mt. 6:9b–10]
- His Name Be Honored as Holy [Mt. 6:9b; Ps. 138:2; Jn. 12:27–28]
- His Kingdom Come [Mt. 6:10a]
- His Kingdom Came and Is Growing [Mt. 4:17, 23; 13:31–32]
- His Kingdom Is Coming and Will Be Consummated [Mt. 25:31–34]
- His Will Be Done [Mt. 6:10b; 26:39, 53; Jn. 4:34; 6:38; Heb. 1:7; 12:22]
- Decretive Will: What God Plans to Do
- Revealed Will: What We Ought to Do – Fully, Gladly, Immediately
3. The Everyday Petitions of the Prayer [Mt. 6:11–15]
- Our Daily Provision [Mt. 6:11, 25–34; Exod. 16; 2 Thess. 3:10; Phil. 4:12–13]
- Our Daily Pardon [Mt. 6:12, 14–15]
- Vertical Forgiveness [Ps. 130:3–4; Mt. 20:28; 1 Jn. 1:8–9]
- Horizontal Forgiveness [Mt. 18:21–35; Eph. 4:32]
- Our Daily Protection [Mt. 6:13; 26:41; 1 Pet. 5:8–9; 1 Cor. 10:13; Jas. 1:13]
Conclusion