As we discussed this morning, the Lord's Prayer is Jesus' invitation to his followers to make his story their own. The Lord's Prayer tells the story of Exodus. It communicates a great deal about Jesus' mission - namely, that the Father sent him to accomplish Exodus for the world. We will now begin a two part exploration of the actual prayer - devoting June 14 to the "Thy petitions" - Matt 6.9-10 and June 21 to the "us petitions." But before our cyber-discussion begins, I'd like us to consider a contextual question. WHAT CONTRIBUTION DOES MATTHEW 6.1-8 MAKE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE LORD'S PRAYER? In other words, if praying to be noticed by others is the problem, how does the Lord's Prayer solve that problem? I look forward to hearing from as many of you as possible!!
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