09/06/2026
Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 118: "God Said It: Ask for All We Need, Body and Soul”
Heidelberg Catechism for Sunday evening, September 6, at 5 p.m. at Waldensian Reformed Chapel at Hazelgreen: Lord’s Day 45 Q&A 118-9
Primary Scripture Text: Matthew 6
Psalms 118, 119:1-3 (Aleph)
Heidelberg Catechism Q. 118: “What has God commanded us to ask of him?”
ANSWER: All the things we need for body and soul, [1] as included in the prayer which Christ our Lord himself taught us.
• 1. Matthew 6:33; James 1:17.
Matthew 6:33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
James 1:17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Q. 119: “What is the Lord's prayer?”
ANSWER: After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. the glory forever. Amen. (KJV) [1]
• 1. Matthew 6:9-13 (above); Luke 11:2-4.
Luke 11:2-4: 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.