This final Core Value could be compared to the final goal of the game. It is the winning score. It is the goal that wins the game.
Our passage is Matthew 6:5-14.
We've all read this many times. As a matter of fact, my mother-in-law, Alice Marie, preached a sermon on this about a year ago here at Transformation Church.
This week, I'm inviting us to re-examine this passage again as we consider our Core Value: We pray because we need God.
In preparation, perhaps ask yourself some of the following questions:
- Do you pray?
- Why do you pray?
- What are your expectations about your prayer being answered?
Jesus' teaching on prayer in this passage provides us with some great answers to these questions.
If we were to design a Core Value of prayer based off of Matthew 6:5-14, I think it might read a little bit differently. What do you think it would say?
We pray because.....
