Garden Valley
Community Church
Pastor Shane Moffitt
October 26th
2014
“The Lord’s Prayer”
Part 10: Abandoning
Control
Matthew 6:9-13 King James Version
“For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen.”
Power & Glory
1) When
Jesus said this ~ the hearers were
a
defeated people for generations
2) They
daily watched well trained soldiers controlled their land and families
3) When
Jesus said, “POWER” ~ this was something they had lost and something they had
come to fear
4) Rome
forced the Jews into silence & submission & poverty
5) POWER
& GLORY described the Roman Empire ~ so it must have made the Jewish heart
rise up in rebellion
6) Praying
this expressed confidence in God’s supremacy over all human governments
7) READ:
Psalm 22-24
8) When
things look bleak ~ remember the ancient eternal promises of God’s Word
This
prayer draws on the past
to help
us endure the present
with
our eyes on a glorious future
The 3
Great Temptations:
Power ~
Fame ~ Success
1) Power Issues ~ either struggling to dominate
others (impose our will on) OR avoiding domination by others (rebellion)
2) Fame
Issues ~ a need to feel significant (fame) we want our lives to matter ~ often
we work for appreciation & recognition
3) Success
Issues ~ fear of failure ~ fear of peer
criticism ~ success is Power & Fame
4) Our
desire for Power & Glory produces conflict and discontentment
5) Only
as we release our desire for Power & Glory can we experience the freedom
& blessings of the Lord’s Prayer
6) READ:
Ephesians 5:21
The
Bible is NOT about how God fits into our story ~ but how we fit into His
v Often
we get this backward
v How
often do we open God’s Word to understand ourselves?
v We
desire for God to clarify our lives NOT highlight Him and who He is
v The
Bible is NOT a therapy textbook
v The
Bible is God’s story and the main character of God’s story is Jesus Christ
v READ:
John 5:39 & Galatians 3:24
“He must become greater and greater,
and I must become less and less.”
John 3:30 NLT
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