The Lords Prayer
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Jesus gives them no new form of prayer. That which He has before taught them He repeats, as if He would say, You need to understand what I have already given. It has a depth of meaning you have not yet fathomed.
The Savior does not, however, restrict us to the use of these exact words. As one with humanity, He presents His own ideal of prayer, words so simple that they may be adopted by the little child, yet so comprehensive that their significance can never be fully grasped by the greatest minds. We are taught to come to God with our tribute of thanksgiving, to make known our wants, to confess our sins, and to claim His mercy in accordance with His promise. The ministry of angels, the gift of His Spirit, the labors of His servants--all are for you.
*When ye pray, say Our Father- Jesus teaches us to call His Father our Father. - We have an
As children of God, you will hold His honor, His character, His family, His work, as the objects of your highest interest.
*Hallowed be Thy name - To hallow the name of the Lord requires that the words in which we speak of the Supreme Being be uttered with reverence. You cannot hallow His name, you cannot represent Him to the world, unless in life and character you represent the very life and character of God.
*Thy kingdom come - The kingdom of God's grace is now being established, as day by day hearts that have been full of sin and rebellion yield to the sovereignty of His love. But the full establishment of the kingdom of His glory will not take place until the second coming of Christ to this world.
*Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven - The will of God is expressed in the precepts of His holy law, and the principles of this law are the principles of heaven.
*Give us this day our daily bread - The prayer for daily bread includes not only food to sustain the body, but that spiritual bread which will nourish the soul unto life everlasting. Our Savior is the bread of life, and it is by beholding His love, by receiving it into the soul, that we feed upon the bread which came down from heaven.
*Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone that is indebted to us - Jesus teaches that we can receive forgiveness from God only as we forgive others. It is the love of God that draws us unto Him, and that love cannot touch our hearts without creating love for our brethren.
*Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one - Temptation is enticement to sin, and this does not proceed from God, but from Satan and from the evil of our own hearts.
*Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory - Those whom God employs as His messengers are not to feel that His work is dependent upon them. He who is the King, the Lord of hosts, sitteth between the cherubim....
Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine. . . . In Thine hand is power and might; and in Thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 1 Chronicles 29:11, 12
