Pray then like this: 'Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your Name. This first portion of the Lord’s prayer focuses completely on God, not me - or even us. Jesus taught us to consider God first. Hallowed is an old word that doesn’t get much use anymore. It means to be holy or sacred. The…
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Lord’s Prayer: God Who is in Heaven
Pray then like this: 'Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your Name. We are taught to pray holding the tensions of two truths. Our Father, is a term of nearness. It draws us close to Him and brings us together as family. But our Father is also in Heaven, a picture of being very other,…
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More than words
Jesus gave us His life as an example of how to live in every area of life, but prayer is one of the rare instances where He actually said, do it like this. When Jesus taught us to pray, He provided the words to say. And yet how often are they just words to me?…
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Our Father
Jesus taught us to pray beginning with, “Our Father … “. God is our Father, together. Yes, He is my Father, but our identity is one of family. In thinking on this I started looking and I cannot find an example in the text that God is referred to as my Father, except by Jesus.…
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