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Our Father....




Let's take some time to think on prayer. Prayer is one of the ways we put Gods word in our life into action. We know a lot about Gods word, we study it, read it, learn it; then what do we do with it? When we pray, we are telling God we trust him and look to see him working in our lives. It is a conversation. We talk with our friends, it is necessary to talk to keep a friendship. So let's talk about prayer. First, let's spend some time talking about the Lord's Prayer. It, obviously, is the best prayer of Jesus taught it to his disciples. Daddy has been so wise to make it a regular habit to pray it with y'all. So let's think on it.

Our Father, 
Who art in Heaven, 
Hallowed be thy name.


Our Father...Can you imagine the surprise of the disciples to hear Jesus call God his Father? And encourage them to do the same?  When Jesus died for our sins, he made us co-heirs with himself; that means we have the same family inheritance. What is an inheritance? Well when parents die, they leave what they had on earth- their inheritance- to their children. A father will usually divide what he has equally among his children. So God is giving all his children equal blessing. Ephesians 1:7 says In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgivness of our trespasses, according the the riches of His grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.  And Ephesians 1:18 Paul prays, I pray that they eyes of your heart may be enlightened to know what is the hope of His calling, what are the glorious riches of His inheritance among the saints, and what is the immearsurable greatness of His power to us who believe, according tot he working of His vast strength. 

 I pray to God through the name of Jesus. I think about Jesus being my way to God, the one who guards the door, the one who holds the phone on speaker to his ear, the one who forgave my sins so I can speak to him, the one who prays for me when I don't know how to pray. And I believe all of that happens by the power of the Holy Spirit who is in me. That's how I see the trilogy.


Who art in heaven.... So Jesus is in Heaven, seated because his work is done and God is there. They are above the chaos of this world. They are above the sin and confusion. They are above time. They are in Heaven. 

Hallowed be... Y'all know what hallow means? To make Holy. So in my opinion, when we pray that phrase, we are asking for strength and wisdom to make Gods name holy, to show the world how great his name is. And it's asking that his name be made greater here on earth, for more people to know his name and make it Holy. (the definations below- the one on the left is the Greek defination- see the crazy Greek word at the top? the other is from the good ole dictionary)


Thy name... we have spent the last month looking at the names of Jesus. He represents the character of God the Father perfectly and God has revealed his name through the Bible too. If you would like to pray that his name be made more holy in your life and in the world, you can pray through his names as well. For instance- dear God, show me and the world today how you are the good shepherd, show us how you care for us with such great wisdom and kindness, show us how you feed us, protect us and lead us.



I love ya'll, I hope this makes yall want to take a few mintures to pray to our Great God! 

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