The Mount //Week 6//Praying in God’s Kingdom

Matthew 6:5-8 NIV 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Matthew 6:5 NIV 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

hypokrites (ὑποκριτής), which literally translates to "an actor" or "a stage player.”

Taking on His Heart … NOT Putting on a Show

Matthew 6:2 NIV 2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others.

Matthew 6:16 NIV 16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

Taking on His Heart … NOT Putting on a Show

Checking Your Intent … NOT Your Invisibility

Matthew 6:6 NIV 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:7 NIV 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Matthew 6:9-13 NIV 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 And 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.

Matthew 6:14-15 NIV 14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Taking on His Heart … NOT Putting on a Show

Checking Your Intent … NOT Your Invisibility

Letting forgiveness be Transformational … NOT Transactional

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭18‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

Taking on His Heart … NOT Putting on a Show

Checking Your Intent … NOT Your Invisibility

Letting forgiveness be Transformational … NOT Transactional