Learning to Pray Pt 1: Hypocrites and Heathens | Matthew 6

Season 3 | Learning to Pray Pt 1: Hypocrites and Heathens | Matthew 6

We are rounding out season 3 with a special three-part conversation on prayer. In Matthew 6, Jesus is in the midst of the Sermon on the Mount and he talks about how and where and what to pray. 

Part 1 of our conversation focuses on verses 5-8, which lead up to the Lord's Prayer. Jesus tells his followers not to pray like the hypocrites who are attempting to draw attention to themselves, or like the heathens who use many words trying to get their god to listen and respond. 

How are we like the hypocrites and the heathens? What is prayer?

In part 2 (coming later this week), we will focus on the first half of the Lord's Prayer.

 

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