{"id":1468,"date":"2021-11-01T14:18:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2022-05-11T19:46:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T19:46:21","slug":"matthew-lesson-7-november-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/?p=1468","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Lesson 7 – November 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Doctrine: Prayer
Attribute: Provider
Basic Truth: Prayer
Big Idea: God transforms His children\u2019s motives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening Prayer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. Elaine<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cOur Father who art in heaven, hallowed be\u00a0your name\u2026\u201d\u00a0

    Josephine<\/strong>\u00a0Father,\u00a0You\u00a0are highly exalted in heaven \u2013 You are set apart, holy,\u00a0and like none other. I worship You in love and awe.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0

    Elaine<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cyour kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.\u201d\u00a0
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  2. Rhona<\/strong> God, my beloved King, I submit to You and to Your perfect will. I pray people everywhere\u00a0will exalt Christ as King and submit to Him. I long for Your return, Lord Jesus, when God\u2019s kingdom will rule unopposed on earth just as it does in heaven.\u00a0\u00a0

    Elaine<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cGive us today our daily bread.\u201d\u00a0
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  3. Josie<\/strong> God, You and You alone are my\u00a0abundant\u00a0Provider. You are the source of all I have and all I need. I depend on You today, Lord, for provision of all my physical and spiritual needs.\u00a0\u00a0

    Elaine<\/strong>\u00a0And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.\u201d\u00a0
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  4. Sonja<\/strong> Jesus,\u00a0You\u00a0paid my sin debt on the cross. I seek\u00a0Your forgiveness and deliverance today for my specific sins. Lord, compel me to forgive others as You have so generously forgiven me.\u00a0

    Elaine<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAnd lead us not into\u00a0temptation, but\u00a0deliver us from the evil one.\u201d
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  5. Alison<\/strong>\u00a0Father, I pray for myself and every person in my BSF group, that we will recognize our vulnerability to temptation and will seek Your protection. We are weak and need Your sustaining grace, Lord. My confidence is in Your strength\u00a0\u2013\u00a0not my own.\u00a0\u00a0

    Elaine<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cFor thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever . Amen\u201d<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    First Day\u00a0
    <\/strong>Matthew 6:1-18
    Questions 1,2
    Breakout Groups\u00a0of 3 for 5 minutes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sermon on the Mount
    <\/strong>Discourse continues
    Who was His audience?
    What did Jesus know about His audience?
    How did His ideas come across to His audience? To me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Second Day
    <\/strong>Jesus called His people to seek God\u2019s rewards, not human approval
    Questions 3a,b,4,5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Third Day\u00a0
    <\/strong>Matthew 6:5-13
    Jesus taught believers how to pray.
    Questions 6,7,8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Music: \u201cThe Lord\u2019s Prayer\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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