Trinity Fellowship Catechism

The Lord’s Prayer

The following Questions/Answers are from the Trinity Fellowship Catechism. The Trinity Catechism is based off the historic reformed catechisms of the Reformation ( Westminster Shorter Catechism, Benjamin Keach’s Baptist Catechism, and the Heidelberg Catechism). In addition to standing on the foundation of those historic catechisms, Trinity also borrowed four questions from John Piper’s A Baptist Catechism, and wrote an additional 21 questions of their own.

Catechisms have been common teaching tool throughout all of history. Christians can study simple Biblical truths in bite size amounts, while looking up provided Scripture references to further their study.

Questions 92-100 are included below in an effort to enhance our preaching series through the Lord’s Prayer as recorded in Matthew 6:9-13.

  • Prayer is an offering of our hearts to God to lay before him our desires, needs, sins, thanksgivings, and adoration, all in the name of Christ and according to his will.

    1 John 5:14; 1:9; Philippians 4:6; Psalm10:17; 145:19; John 14:13–14

  • The Lord’s Prayer, which says, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” (Matthew 6:9–13, ESV)

  • It teaches us to draw near to God with all holy fear and confidence, as children to a father who is able and ready to help us.

    Matthew 6:9; Psalm 103:13; Luke 11:13; Hebrews 4:16

  • In this we pray that we and all people would recognize God’s name as holy and live lives that glorify his name.

    Matthew 6:9; Psalm 115:1; Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Peter 1:15–16

  • In this we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed, and that the kingdom of God may advance in our lives and in the world around us until it is fully manifested in the new heaven and new earth.

    Matthew 6:10; Psalm 68:1, 18; Matthew 6:33; 13:31–32; Revelation 12:10–11; 22:1–5

  • In this we pray that God by his grace would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things, as the angels do in heaven.

    Matthew 6:10; Psalm 103:20–21; Matthew 26:39; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Hebrews 13:20–21

  • In this we pray that our daily needs would be met by God’s almighty hand and according to his perfect love and will.

    Matthew 6:11; Proverbs 30:8–9; 1 Timothy 6:6–8; Matthew 6:25–33; 4:4

  • In this we pray that God would freely pardon all our sins because of Christ’s sacrifice, and that this forgiveness would lead us to extend to others the mercy we ourselves have received.

    Matthew 6:12; Psalm 51:1–2, 9; Matthew 18:33–35; Luke 11:4; Ephesians 4:32

  • In this we pray that God would strengthen us to battle the temptations that come to us from the world, the flesh, and the devil, and that we would increasingly put sin to death.

    Matthew 6:13; 26:41; Romans 8:3–4; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Galatians 5:17; Colossians 3:5

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