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The Sermon on the Mount, Day 32
Continue the prayer exercise we started yesterday using the Lord’s prayer as an outline (Matt 6:9-13). However, today take one line or phrase from the Lord’s prayer that captures your heart most and use it as a starting point for your prayer. Spend 15-20 minutes praying. Try to dig a little deeper than normal in your prayer time.
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The Sermon on the Mount, Day 31
We’ve just completed the middle portion of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew Chapter 6), which compellingly portrays the central life of one who lives squarely in relationship with God – who is Himself the “blessing” and the “reward” that Jesus speaks of.
At the very center of this middle piece of Jesus’ great Sermon we find the chief activity of the people of God: Prayer (v9-18). If the blessing and reward of the Kingdom is God Himself, then there can be no activity that can replace prayer as the chief duty and delight of Kingdom people, for prayer is where we join with God through a conversation of the heart. (more…)
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The Sermon on the Mount, Day 24
Read Matthew 6:9-15 and do the exercises below:
- The first lines of the Lord’s prayer begin with “O Father in heaven, we revere your name.” By doing this Jesus characterizes God as both more accessible (“O Father”) and more holy (“we revere your name”) at the same time. What does the concept of fatherhood, at its very best, mean to you? Who do you know that embodies good fatherhood?
- What does it mean to revere or honor someone?
- Take time to pray through this first line of the Lord’s Prayer: pray to God, imagining him as a great and good father and bring him your honor, reverence, and praise in whatever way seems fitting. Consider reading Psalm 145 out loud as a prayer.
- Heavier lifting: Click here to learn about the significance of God’s name in ancient Judaism.
By Henry Darger
