Sermon
The Lord's Prayer | Matthew 6:7-14
Treeline Church
Speaker: Andrew Hager
November 28, 2022 · 44 min
Summary
Jesus teaches his followers to pray the Lord's Prayer, emphasizing that prayer is not about earning God's favor through eloquent words but rather experiencing intimate transformation as God's children. The sermon reveals prayer's true purpose: to align our hearts with God's kingdom and character, transforming us into agents of God's will in the world.
Highlights
Prayer is not meant to be the means by which we earn our way to God. Prayer is just the context where we experience what Christ has already earned for us.
The only space that exists between us and God is the time that it takes to stop for one second and let him catch you from behind, because he's been chasing you down this whole time.
To pray is to change. To actually pray the way Jesus wants us to pray is to actually change who you are at your core being.