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“Your kingdom come…” (Matthew 6:10) The second petition of the Lord’s Prayer focuses on God’s kingdom coming upon earth. A kingdom is the sphere of authority and rule of a king, and so, the kingdom of God is the domain of God’s rule and reign. Throughout the Old Testament, God is referred to as the …
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“This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name’” (Matthew 6:9) If one of the first steps of prayer that we must work out is to whom we are praying, then one of the next steps is to understand who we are in prayer. When Jesus teaches His disciples to …
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“This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven.’” (Matthew 6:9) Jesus’ approach to prayer is strongly rooted in his relationship with God as Father. Three times in Matthew 6:6-8, Jesus refers to “your Father”; twice in verse 6 and once in verse 8. The idea of approaching God as Father isn’t entirely new …
“But 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 6:6) In contrast to the hypocrite of Matthew 6:5, who loves to have their prayers seen and heard in public places, Jesus tells …
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“And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like the pagans” (Matthew 6:7) Just as the point of prayer is not to impress others, so, too, the point of prayer is not to simply get God to do what we want. As Jesus continues to teach on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount, …
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Matthew Erickson 