September 29th - Matthew 6:5-13 - The Lord's Prayer Part 2
/Questions to think about
Define “prayer”?
Do you ever get distracted when you are praying? What kinds of things distract you?
What are some ways you can minimize the distractions?
Do you have more than a day’s worth of food in your house?
When we pray “Give us our daily bread” what are we asking God to give us?
Why are there so many different words that we use for sin? Debt, trespass, iniquity, etc.
Why is being forgiven by God dependent on us forgiving others? (see Matthew 6:14-15)
Read James 1:13-14 – If God doesn’t tempt us why do we pray “Lead us not into temptation?”
What are some ways that we can resist temptation?
Who is the evil one?
When we pray the Lord’s Prayer how we can keep it from being repetitive to the point where we are just saying words without thinking about the meaning?
Related Scripture passages to meditate on
Exodus 16
Exodus 34:1-9
Psalm 27
Matthew 18:21-35
1 Corinthians 10:13
Colossians 3:12-17
1 John 1:9
James 1:12-18