Prayer (2)

Dr. Joseph Chang2/14/2015

Bread of Life Great Park Church

Matthew 6:5-15• 5"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites,

for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:5-15• 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like

pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9"This, then, is how you should pray: "'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 6:5-15• 11Give us today our daily bread. 12Forgive us our

debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.' 14For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15ut if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

• 三樣善事 / 3 Acts of Righteousness• 給與 /giving (Matt. 6:1-4)• 禱告 /praying (Matt. 6:5-15)• 禁食 /fasting (Matt. 6:16-18)

• 3 prayers for God: God’s name, God’s kingdom, God’s will.

• 3 prayers for us: our needs, our forgiveness,

our temptation.

I. Give us today our daily bread.• Not “Give us this day tomorrow’s bread!”• Not “Give us this year life time’s bread!”• But “Give us this day our daily bread!”

Is it possible to store a lifetime supply of food?

• 40 years,• 29,000 cans• 20 pallets, each• 1 person height

I. Give us today our daily bread.• A. Learn not to have anxiety• We do not need to carry the load of lifelong

supply along our lifelong journey.

I. Give us today our daily bread.• B. Learn trust and dependence on God daily.

• 6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! 7It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. 9How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? 10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-- 11and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man. 【 Prov 6:6~11】

I. Give us today our daily bread.• C. Learn gratitude to God.

II. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

• A.Forgive : trespasses, debts, sins• NLT (New Living Translation) “forgive us our

sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us.”

• TNT (Tyndale’s New Testament) “And forgeve vs oure treaspases even as we forgeve oure trespacers.

II. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

• B. This seems to be very vital in our prayer life, so it is repeated one more time at the end of the instruction to prayer life.

• C. God’s forgiveness to us is conditioned upon our forgiveness to others.

Matthew 18:21-35• 23"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who

wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. 26"The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' 27The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

Matthew 18:21-35• 28"But when that servant went out, he found one of

his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded. 29"His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' 30"But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.

Matthew 18:21-35• 31When the other servants saw what had happened, they were

greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. 32"Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' 34In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. 35"This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

• 10,000 talent = 10,000x6,000 = 60,000,000 denarii

• or 60,000/365= 164 years wage. It is impossible to return this debt.

• 60,000,000/100 = 600,000 times.

III. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

• 1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 【Matt 4:1】

• peirasmo,j peirasmos = Temptation = 試探 , 這個字的意思是 test, try, make trial of, for the purpose of ascertaining his quality, or what he thinks, or how he will behave himself.

James 1:12-15• 12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because

when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. 13When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Conclusion• Forgiveness is the key.