Your Kingdom Come – The Lord’s Prayer part 1

2 Chronicles 15: 5 (TNIV) “During those dark times, it was not safe to travel. Problems troubled the people of every land.”

2 Chronicles 15: 2-4 (TNIV) “Listen, all you people… the Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him! If you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you… For a long time, Israel had been without the true God… and without God's law. But in their distress they turned to the Lord and sought him and he was found by them.”

Make it real John 4: 23 (TNIV) “True worshippers worship God in spirit and in truth”

The Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6: 9-13 & Luke 11: 2-4)  Recognising who we really are – His children  Recognising where real power lies  Recognising our real needs  Recognising the reality of hurts  Recognising we’re in a real battle  Recognising who really controls our destiny

The Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6: 9-13 & Luke 11: 2-4)  Recognising who we really are – His children  Recognising where real power lies  Recognising our real needs  Recognising the reality of hurts  Recognising we’re in a real battle  Recognising who really controls our destiny Core Values: Real | Relevant | Relational

Matthew 6: 9 (NIV) “This is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name”

4 Characteristics of God  God is a Perfect Father Matthew 5: 48 (NIV) “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect”  R estore relationship  Provide forgiveness  Release people from guilt

4 Characteristics of God  God is a Perfect Father 2Peter 2: 9 (CEV) “The Lord is not slow in doing what he promised – the way some people understand slowness. But God is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to be lost, but He wants all people to change their hearts and lives”

4 Characteristics of God  God is a Compassionate Father 2Corinthians1: 3-4 (NIV) “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God”

4 Characteristics of God  God is a Generous Father Matthew 7: 11 (CEV) “As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask”

4 Characteristics of God  God is a Generous Father Romans11: 29 (NLT) “For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn” Living Bible “God will never go back on his promises"

4 Characteristics of God  God is a All-Powerful Father Ephesians 3: 20 (NCV) “With God's power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or imagine” Living Bible “(God) is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of – infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes!” “(God) is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of – infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes!”

1Timothy 2: 5 (NLT) “For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity – the man Christ Jesus”

Points to Ponder  What do I really believe God is like?  In which areas do I have to reassess the way I think about God as my Father?  How can I put into practice the command to be perfect as God is perfect?  Am I a slave or a child of God?