Wed Oct 21

Listen up, little ones

Listen for the word pray.

Reading

Matthew 6:5-15—Pray Then Like This

Optional Reading

Luke 6:12-16

Keys for kids

• There are wrong ways to pray.
• Jesus taught us how to pray.
• The Lord’s Prayer is a model for us to follow.

Questions

1. How does this passage instruct us not to pray?
2. How does this passage instruct us to pray?
3. Why does God care about how we pray?

Catechism

WSC 88

What are the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption?

The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption, are his ordinances, especially the word, sacraments, and prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.

Notes

(See Saturday for authors.)

The Westminster Larger Catechism instructs us about the use of the Lord’s Prayer:

The Lord’s Prayer is not only for direction, as a pattern, according to which we are to make other prayers; but may also be used as a prayer, so that it be done with understanding, faith, reverence, and other graces necessary to the right performance of the duty of prayer. (WLC 187)

Jesus, in His kindness, taught us how to pray. We can be sure that what He teaches is useful for us. After all, Jesus was a man of prayer. He spent much of His time on earth in prayer to His Father. And even now, as our Mediator, He makes continual intercession for us. So, learn from Jesus’s prayer how you also should pray.

For starters, you can look at questions 178-196 in the Larger Catechism and use that as you pray through the Lord’s Prayer. May God make all His people to be people of prayer!

Swedish Method questions

Praise

Psalm 27d, 104a

Prayer

1. Ask God to help you continue to grow in your love for prayer.
2. Pray for change in you from last Lord’s Day’s sermons.
3. Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.