A Weekly Word
February 16, 2022
This Sunday, February 20 is the 7th Sunday after Epiphany
This week’s sermon will be: Being the Church: Living Toward Resurrection
This week’s readings are:
Message – The Lord’s Prayer: Praying for Kingdom Growth
All through the Epiphany Season we have focused on the ways
that God uses us in His mission to spread the Good News of Jesus’ salvation.
- February 20 – 7th Sunday after Epiphany.
- February 27 – Transfiguration Sunday.
To wrap up this series I would like to turn our focus to the
Lord’s Prayer.
- Temptation to pray by rote – prefer to pray “by heart.”
- Luther’s Small Catechism’s Explanations.
- A loving Father who acts on behalf of his beloved children.
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Children by redemption/adoption.
o Children by creation.
First Three Petitions
- Hallowed be Thy name.
- Thy kingdom come.
- Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Hallowed be Thy name.
- Proclaiming who God is.
- Sharing the Good News.
- Living our lives according to it.
o Living in forgiveness
Thy kingdom come.
- Three Kingdoms
o Power
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Glory
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Grace
- The Holy Spirit gives us faith to believe God’s Word.
- A sense of living in time and eternity.
- God’s vision for the church
o A place to gather sinners in His grace.
There is a saying that our prayer forms our faith.
- The Lord’s Prayer is both prayer and God’s Word.
- Think about what we pray.
- Jesus teaches us to pray, “Our Father…”
- The Holy Spirit shapes our hearts and attitudes.
- Father answer our prayers.
Pray.
- Matthew 9:37 – The harvest is great, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore …”
- Name hallowed.
- Kingdom come.
- Will be done.
- All of these are done without our prayers.
- We want these things done among us.
- Missio Dei – God’s Mission – and we follow along as He does His work.
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