Matthew 6:9-15
9 "This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. 14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. NIV 84
DISCUSSION NOTES AND QUESTIONS
1 The word "Our" forms an immediate bridge between you and me. Author David Timms says, "In a single word Jesus calls us together."
In your walk with Jesus, in what ways have you seen this bridge in your life?
2 Our faith in Jesus is both personal and communal. God created each of us to live life with Jesus and live live with others.
Do you see any overlap between these two aspects of our faith? If so, how?
When you examine the rhythms of your current season of life, how well are you living into these aspects of your walk with Jesus?
3 Jesus didn't reveal a new God to his original audience, He just showed then an aspect of God that they had been missing. Jesus perfectly revealed the Father to them in a way that they desperately needed.
In your walk with Jesus, what parts of God's character are you most familiar/comfortable with? Why?
What parts of God's character are you most unfamiliar/uncomfortable with? Why?
4 To speak of God's Fatherhood is to speak of our brotherhood, to speak of our sisterhood. The intimacy we have with our Father gives us the capacity to love our brothers and sisters well.
Why do you think it is so important that we remember that we are brothers and sisters in the family of God?
