The First Petition of the Lord’s Prayer What are we asking God to do when we pray the Lord’s Prayer?

Question #1 What is God’s name? What is God’s name?

Exodus 34:5-7 1 Samuel 3:7 & 21 Psalm 103:1 Key Point #1 Isaiah 29:23 Jeremiah 23:28 Matthew 5:14 & 16 Malachi 1:6-8 Key Point #2 Key Point #3 Romans 22:23-24 revealed in the Bible teaching God’s Word faithfully all we know about him teaching contrary to God’s Word living God’s Word faithfully What I’ve Learned his titles living contrary to God’s Word

Exodus 34:5-7 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."

1 Samuel 3:7 & 21 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD : The word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed himself to Samuel through his word.

God’s _____ is his ____ and everything else he has _______ about himself in the ____. Key Point #1 name titles revealed Bible

Question #2 What does it mean to hallow God’s Name

Psalm 103:1 Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

Isaiah 29:23 When they see among them their children, the work of my hands, they will keep my name holy; they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

Key Point #2 To ______ God’s name means to keep it ____. hallow holy

Question #3 How do we keep God’s name holy?

Jeremiah 23:28 Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the LORD.

Malachi 1:6-8 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?" says the LORD Almighty. "It is you, O priests, who show contempt for my name. "But you ask, 'How have we shown contempt for your name?' "You place defiled food on my altar. "But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' "By saying that the LORD's table is contemptible. When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?" says the LORD Almighty. "You place defiled food on my altar. "But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' "By saying that the LORD's table is contemptible. When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?" says the LORD Almighty.

"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.” In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:14 & 16

Romans 22:23-24 You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

Key Point #3 God’s _____ is kept ____ only when Christians _____ God’s ____ faithfully and ____ according to it. name holy Word live teach

What I’ve Learned I ask God to help me keep his name holy by teaching and living God’s Word faithfully.

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