Shameless
This sermon was preached at our Sunday morning service on 27th July. The Gospel was Luke 11:1-13 . I hope you enjoy reading it! This morning, I want to talk about prayer. In our gospel this morning, Jesus’ disciples heard him praying and they wanted in. “Teach us how to pray”, they asked, and Jesus gave them a formula; a very famous formula, but one that seems a bit different from the Lord’s Prayer we pray today. It’s the TL;DR version, if you like (“too long; didn’t read”). <at some point during the above, Miriam, my daughter, interrupts to ask for promised sweets> Oh, I’m sorry Miriam, I did say you could have some sweets during my talk – here you go. You go back and sit down now. <passes Miriam a sweet> Absolutely shameless that child! Anyway, Jesus teaches his disciples the Lord’s Prayer (though not completely as we know it). Luke’s version goes like this: “ Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom c...