Sermons on Mattityahu 6:7:

Is Repetition Bad

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 19, 2019

CCM is bashed for repetition and length, but are the critics right?

Mat 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. When it comes to prayer, Christ is not into vain ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-8, Psalm 136:1-26, Psalm 119:1-176, Colossians 3:16

Denomination: Baptist

Never Give Up: Pray!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 26, 2019

Come let us reason about prayer. There are UN-HEALTHY prayers and HEALTHY prayers. Let us study about our attitudes while we pray. Real worship is more than a circus. Do we pray with eternities' values in view. Do I have an impressive prayer life? By whose standards? TWO PRAYERS?

NEVER GIVE UP! PRAY! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Winston Churchill stated: We cannot afford to look back ---we have no right --- to look back, WE MUST LOOK FORWARD… Churchill gets credit for saying: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP! On October 29, 1941 Churchill said: “never give ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1, Matthew 6:1-7, Luke 18:10-12, Luke 18:13-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Humble Thyself

Contributed by Tim Carpenter on Feb 13, 2019

Do not exalt yourself. Do not be prideful. Do not claim to be the best at anything, even if it's true. You are not really 10 ft. tall and bullet proof. Even Superman has weakness. Pride is our Kryptonite.

Humble Thyself Sermon: Feb. 9, 2019 (4th of 11th month) Luke 18:9-14 Two men in the temple. Matt.25:32-46 The response of the saints is "WHEN did we do these things", rather than "YES, I sure did!" They could have said, yes we did these things in order to give glory to GOD, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:5-6, Luke 18:9-14, Romans 12:3-4, Romans 12:16, Mark 9:33-35, Mark 10:45, Mark 14:55-61, Proverbs 16:16-19, Matthew 25:32-46, Matthew 6:1-18, 1 Corinthians 1:22-31, 1 Corinthians 2:1-8, Revelation 3:14-22  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Pray Lesson 2 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 15, 2019

Seven Petitions of the Lord's Prayer

A. WHAT IS PRAYER? MATTHEW 6:5-15 1. Prayer is relationship with your heavenly Father. “For your Father knows” (6:8). “Our Father in heaven” (6:9). 2. Prayer is not getting God to do what you desire, but you changing to God’s desire. 3. Prayer is total confidence in God’s planned purpose for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-15

Denomination: Baptist

Turning Hearts

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 16, 2018

What we need in this world is reconciliation of God and man, and of man to man.

Thursday of the 11th Week in Course 2018 Reformation/Revolution Look closely at the words of the Lord’s Prayer and you will see, as the Church Fathers taught, the whole of the Gospel summarized in these petitions. Think of all the problems we face in our world today, and all that we have faced in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15

Denomination: Catholic

Since God Sees Us Every Moment... Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Feb 13, 2021

Since God sees us every moment, we should... 1. Be generous givers (vs. 1-3). 2. Be people of prayer (vs. 5-8). 3. Pay attention to our attitudes (vs. 1-6). 4. Rejoice in our rewards from God (vs. 3-4, 6). 5. Recognize that we can always rely on God (vs. 7-8).

Since God Sees Us Every Moment... The Gospel of Matthew Matthew 6:1-8 Sermon by: Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - May 8, 2013 (Revised February 13, 2021) MESSAGE: *Tonight, in the Lord's Sermon on the Mount we are in Matthew 6:1-8. Here, Jesus teaches us some important lessons about ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Led Into Temptation Series

Contributed by Aneel Aranha on Feb 22, 2021

In our Lord’s Prayer, we beseech God not to lead us into temptation. Can he? Does he?

Scripture Reading: Matthew 6:7-15 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Forgive As God Forgives Series

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 25, 2021

God desires that our hearts become a soft soil where the seed of forgiveness might germinate and take root.

February 24, 2021 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Matt. 6:7-15; Matt. 18:23-35 Forgive as God Forgives Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. We all need role models. Our first role models are our parents. Children are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15, Matthew 18:23-35

Denomination: Lutheran

The Lord's Prayer Part I Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 8, 2021

Jesus was the express image of the Father. He said, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." If we want to know what God is like, we look at Jesus, for He is the full and final revelation of God the Father.

Paul Aurandt in his book, Destiny, tells of the powerful impact a single father can have on a whole society. Norman's father was a salesman in Connecticut. He did not like people who were different from himself, and that was almost everybody. In other words, he was a bigot. He constantly ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15

Desire Determines Destiny Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 8, 2021

The six petitions of this prayer represent the six basic desires that are to characterize the child of God. When these six desires dominate your life, and become the inner driving force of your life, you are as successful as any human being can be.

People succeed for a thousand different reasons, but the one thing they all have in common is desire. Igor Sikorsky, the great Russian airplane designer, tells in his autobiography of how his father took him to Paris as a boy, and they visited an airport where he saw his first plane. His ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15

The Eternal Desire Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 8, 2021

We have lost this idea of reverence for the name of God, and the result is, God's name is not very special, but is common. It is thrown around like Tom, Dick, and Harry. It is so common that it is nearly impossible to feel any reverence when people use His name.

Vice Presidents have names just as presidents, but they seldom become names we remember. George was vice president under president Polk, but only a whiz in trivial pursuit would ever remember his last name. He had a chance to become president of the United States, but he lost that chance because of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15

The King And The Kingdom Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 8, 2021

When we pray, "Thy kingdom come", we really mean just that. May your rule come into our lives, our community, our nation, and our world, that we might be guided by your authority, and not lose the power and light it brings.

For 13 years he was one of the greatest rulers Russia ever had. In 1547, when he took the throne, he sought for a Queen, and found one he loved so dearly that together they made their kingdom a kingdom of love. The king became a friend of the poor and suffering, and he built churches, and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15

The Trinity Of Desires Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 8, 2021

This prayer is the backbone of Christian success, for it is the foundation for our confidence that God's will can be done, and it can be done by me. This is the needed balance in a world where so much is not the will of God.

There is only one of the 50 states that is named after a man, and that is the state of Washington. It was originally named after King George III of England, and called New Georgia. When America acquired it from Britain, they called it Columbia, and later changed it to Washington in honor of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15

The Debt Dissolving Desire Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 8, 2021

It is something of a paradox to say Jesus paid it all, and yet see here that He demands that we remain conscious of our debt to God, and that we pray continuously for forgiveness.

About one hundred and sixty five years ago, in Jan. of 1835, the United States of America became the only major nation in modern history to do a certain thing. It was a thing she would love to be able to do again, for she paid off her national debt. It was done by the sale of public lands in the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15

The Desire For Deliverance Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 8, 2021

Jesus knows His disciples will always be sinners, and that is why they need to pray daily for forgiveness. He knew they would be subject to daily temptation. They would be in constant need of deliverance.

Winston Churchill suddenly found himself a 25 year old prisoner of war. This was in 1899. He was captured by the South African Army in the Boer War, and he endured a nightmare. He was the first prisoner of importance to be captured in the war. Churchill roamed the prison camp in Pretoria, as he ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15