Matthew 6:9-13

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Applying Our Prayer -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 6:9-13
20 August 2017

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.   How has our time spent studying the model prayer most impacted your attitude towards prayer?
2.   In what ways have you applied the structure and content of the model prayer to specific situations or occasions in your life?|
3. Why is the holiness of church officers (elders and deacons), and all Christians for that matter, important for the hallowing of God’s name?
4.   Why does praying for God’s will to be done lead us to pray for a Bible-saturated life?
5.   How do church officers serve as one of God’s means for providing his people with daily bread?
6.   How do church officers serve as instruments of reconciliation in a local church? (Titus 1:5-11; Acts 6:1-3)
7.   Why do church officers in particular need constant prayer for spiritual protection?

Matthew 6:11-15

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Asking Abba, Part 2 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 6:11-15
30 July 2017

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.      In what ways have you struggled to view God as your “Forgiving Father”? Are you confident that God is ready and able to forgive when you ask? (Exodus 34:6-7; Psalm 32:5; Nehemiah 9:17; Ephesians 1:7)
2.      What does it mean to recognize that “all sin goes straight to heaven”? (Psalm 51:4)
3.      How do “debts,” “trespasses,” and “sins” capture different aspects of our wrongdoing and guilt before God? (Matthew 6:12, 14-15; Luke 11:4)
4.      How does Colossians 2:13-14 vividly portray our “Past Pardon”?
5.      Why do Christians, those who have already been forgiven, need to ask God continually for forgiveness? What are some of the negative effects of not doing this daily? (1 John 1:9)
6.      In what ways have we already seen the relationship between God’s forgiveness of us and our forgiveness of others in the Sermon on the Mount?
7.      Who do you need to forgive, and how might a lack of forgiveness be hindering your prayer life? (Matthew 5:7; Mark 11:25)