Adam preaches Matt. 6:16-18. Though fasting is not a common practice in current church culture, Christ deals with its latent danger of hypocrisy and so must we.

Matt. 6:12-15 concludes this model prayer with 3 last petitions and a commentary on forgiveness.

Adam preaches Matt 6:11-12. Having established the God-ward priority that runs throughout all prayer, Jesus teaches His disciples to pray for physical needs as well as fatherly forgiveness.

Guest speaker Andy Brown preaches Eph. 5:1-5. Imitating God comes from a heart radically changed and leads to a consistent lifestyle of love and purity.

Adam continues through the Disciples' Prayer in Matt. 6:10, covering the last two foundational priorities of un-hypocritical prayer. Prayer must begin with what God plans and what He desires.

Adam preaches 2 Tim. 2:8-13. Paul revealed to Timothy his driving motivation as he persevered through amazing suffering.

Adam preaches the first verse of the Disciples' Prayer, found in Matt. 6:9. This model prayer demands that prayer begin with who God is and what God deserves. God is personal, paternal, and powerful.

Adam returns to Matt. 6:5-8. Kingdom citizens must fight hypocrisy in their prayer lives, never praying for show or with mindless emptiness.

Adam preaches 2 Tim. 2:3-7. Paul uses three helpful illustrations to urge Timothy and now us to do the work of ministry.

Adam sets the table for our future study of Matthew 6:5-14. The second righteous practice that lends itself to hypocrisy is prayer. Public prayer must never mask a lack of private prayer.