THE LORD’S PRAYER
Matthew 6:9
HALLOWED BE THY NAME
The Lord's Prayer - Part
#2 of 8
Revelation
Worship is an important
part of church.
Worship is an important
part of our prayer lives.
Worship is evidence that
you are filled with the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5:18-20
When we approach God in
prayer, we begin by remembering that we are coming into the presence of
"Our Father". This is assuming
that the person praying has trusted Christ as his Savior. John 1:12, Romans 8:15-16
So we come, praying to
our Father.
And because our Father
is who He is, our prayer nicely flows into the adoration of worship,
"Hallowed be Thy name."
Worship includes at
least three things that we need to consider:
THERE IS REVERENCE IN
WORSHIP
According to Martin
Lloyd-Jones, The word "hallowed" means "to sanctify, or to
revere, or to make and keep holy." (D. Martin Lloyd-Jones, The Sermon on the Mount, Copyright by Inter-Varsity
Fellowship, Printed by Eerdmans Printing Company,
It is to have reverence.
It is to have respect.
It is to set apart as
special.
The request is that
God's name would be reverenced by us, by others, and by the whole world. Why
reverence for the name of God? God's
names reveal who He is. In Bible times,
the names that God used for Himself and that He was called revealed the
character of God. (In my message I took time to elaborate on some of the names
of God. You might want to do the same.)
THERE IS REJOICING IN
WORSHIP
There is certainly an
attitude of rejoicing worship in the Psalms.
Psalm 104:33-34, Psalm
34:1-3, Psalm 30:4, Psalm 96:1-2
How do we go about
rejoicing in worship?
To answer that question,
let us go to Psalm 100.
Psalm 100:1, 2, and 4
show us how to rejoice in worship. (Elaborate)
THERE ARE REASONS FOR
WORSHIP
Psalm 100:3,5
1. The Lord is God.
2. The Lord has made us.
3. We (Christians) are
the Lord's People.
4. We (Christians) are
the sheep of the Lord's Pasture (Psalm 23)
5. The Lord is good.
6. The Lord's mercy is
everlasting.
7. The Lord's truth
endures to all generations.
Not only should our
worship include reverence, rejoicing, and reasons in our own private times of
prayer, but let us remember to worship God in church with reverence, rejoicing,
and reasons.