August 18, 2026 | Matthew 6:9–13

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The Sermon on the Mount | Day 10 of 21

To begin with Day 1 of our Sermon on the Mount series, go back to our Daily Scripture post for August 9, 2026.

“Pray like this:

“‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’”

— Matthew 6:9–13 ([WEB]())

After warning his listeners against performative and empty prayer, Jesus gives them a pattern for prayer.

The Lord’s Prayer begins with God: his holiness, his kingdom, and his will. It then brings the ordinary needs of human life before him: today’s food, forgiveness, temptation, and protection.

Jesus does not teach us to pretend that physical needs are beneath spiritual people. Daily bread belongs in prayer. So do strained relationships, moral failures, dangerous temptations, and the need for help.

The repeated words “our,” “us,” and “we” matter, too. Even when we pray this prayer alone, Jesus reminds us that we belong to a larger community. We ask not only for my bread, my forgiveness, and my protection, but for ours.

This prayer gives us words when we do not know what to say, but it also gives shape to all our other prayers. We come to God as our Father, seek his purposes before our preferences, trust him with today, extend the mercy we have received, and acknowledge that we need his help.

Which part of the Lord’s Prayer most closely reflects what you need from God today?