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Questions Week 11 Day 2

by David Joynt on July 10, 2017


 

MATTHEW 6:9-10

 

 

As we continue yesterday’s theme on the motivation and purpose of prayer, let’s take a closer look at the Lord’s Prayer. If we look at the beginning of the prayer, we will see that two more elements of prayer, beside petition, are implied. One of these we might call alignment. The question about unanswered prayer seems to put God in the dock, accused of ignoring or refusing to respond to legitimate requests. But when we pray, we come humbly into the presence of a God who is all-knowing, and we bring a severely limited point of view. We must pray that “God’s will” be done and “God’s kingdom” come.  It is earth that is out of sync with heaven, and our perspective is impacted by this divergence.

 

 

What limits and distorts our requests?

 

 

 

 

FAMILY TIME—

What do we typically pray for?

What don’t we pray for?

 

Tags: lord's prayer

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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