Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 6:9-15
by: Joan Small.
In Jesus’s model prayer, He first acknowledged God as our Father, showing care and concern for peoples’ well-being. Second, He acknowledged God’s authority and gave due respect and praise. Third, He established God’s Kingdom and will to be done on earth. Fourth, He showed God to be the provider of daily bread. Fifth, He reminded that God is a forgiver/restorer. He showed God, sixth, as a director to lead people where it is safe. Seventh, He celebrated God as a deliverer taking people out of the traps of the evil one. Eighth, and last, He focused on God as the all-powerful one who owns everything and with whom we come in agreement with our amen.