April 12th - Worship | Prayer As Worship by Pastor Tom Trout

HopeUC Nashville Word of the Week · Apr 12, 2026 · 1m

In this episode, we look at what it really means for God's people to be a "house of prayer" in a culture that treats prayer as a last resort. Starting in Mark 11 and Isaiah 56, we see Jesus cleanse the temple and declare, "My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations," then follow that thread into the New Testament where *we*—the gathered people of God—are now His living temple. We unpack Jesus' teaching in Matthew 6, showing how the Lord's Prayer is not a magic script or religious routine, but a covenant-shaped pattern for relational prayer with our Father. We talk about the…