Sunday, April 23, 2023

The Lord’s Prayer

 Matthew 6:9-13


[9] Pray then like this: 


    “Our Father in heaven,

    hallowed be your name. Sacred, holy, respected with awe, set apart  never taken for granted, never used in a casual indifferent manner

    [10] Your kingdom come, - the reign of peacemaking, purity, meekness, His presence in you (Luke 17:10), God governing our hearts, working out His agenda

    your will be done,  life is about Him and nothing else  His agenda is the agenda of history, sociology, psychology, government, political science- all disciplines  

        on earth as it is in heaven. - the kingdom is not only  something for the distant future, but the here and now as well as the then  it’s for the urgency of the moment and the planning on a calendar everything needs to be recalibrated to the kingdom agenda  we are to look for the kingdom 

    [11] Give us this day our daily bread, 

    [12] and forgive us our debts,

        as we also have forgiven our debtors. 

    [13] And lead us not into temptation,

        but deliver us from evil.

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