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The Ethics of Discipleship In The Sermon on the Mount Private Prayer. Matthew 6:5-15. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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The Ethics of Discipleship In The Sermon on the Mount Private Prayer Matthew 6:5-15
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors
And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. Yours is the kingdom, which is; Just and true, Yours is The power, which is; Gentle and fair,
And may the glory, be yoursfor ever and ever. Amen.
But, Lord, remember me and mine,With mercies temporal and divine,So that I for grace and wealth may shine,Excelled by none,And all the glory shall be ThineAmen, Amen!
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you… (Matthew 6:3-4)
…your Father knows what you need before you ask him… (Matthew 6:8) The disciples are permitted to pray because Jesus tells them they may – and he knows the Father. He promises that God will hear them…(Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship)
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed… (Mark 1:35) One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”… (Luke 11:1)
How to Pray When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray… (Luke 11:1)
our daily bread our debts Lead us not into temptation deliver us from the evil one
We Rule with Him For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins… (Matthew 6:14-15)
As a summing up Jesus emphasizes once more that everything depends on forgiveness of sin of which the disciples may only partake within the fellowship of sinners. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship) We Rule with Him