In chapter 6 of Matthew’s gospel, Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray, showing them the template that we call “The Lord’s Prayer”. But who is the God that he is telling them to pray to? In this message, I try to show that the answer is contained in those first four words: our Father in Heaven.
On the evening of that Sunday, I also led a one-hour workshop on how to use the Lord’s Prayer as a framework for our praying. (I mention this in the message.) Here is the single-sheet handout from that workshop: