We continue this week in Jesus’ words on prayer. This is where in Matthew we receive what we call the “Lord’s Prayer,” although you’ll note that if the end of the prayer is in your Bible (“For Thine is the Kingdom...”), it’s likely in brackets. Our CSW this week will take a day for each line of the prayer as it is in Matthew. And the supplemental passage for each day will relate to the line for that day:
Tuesday - Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Wednesday - Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Thursday - Give us this day our daily bread.
Friday - And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Saturday - And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.
In addition, I want to invite you again this week to “practice the passage” in this way: say The Lord’s Prayer every time you think of it. When you wake. When you lie down. When you’re driving. When, for whatever reason, it comes to your mind.
And each day, as you study the line for that particular day, pray about what it means to say that line. Jesus gave us this prayer not just for us to say mindless words (remember what he just told us in verse 7 - “Do not heap up empty phrases.”). But see the Lord’s Prayer as a form to direct you as you pray.
Monday, October 10 - Read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)
Tuesday, October 11 - Matthew 6:1, 9-15, Psalm 68
Wednesday, October 12 - Matthew 6:1, 9-15, John 1:1-14
Thursday, October 13 - Matthew 6:1, 9-15, Exodus 16
Friday, October 14 - Matthew 6:1, 9-15, Matthew 18:15-35
Saturday, October 15 - Matthew 6:1, 9-15, James 1:12-27
Sunday, October 16 - Come to worship with your church family!
