The Lord's Prayer
Writer Author Sylvia Huffnagle
Christian Article
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Prayer
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The Lord’s prayers is a masterpiece. Actually, the Bible is a masterpiece in communication and Jesus’ teachings are a masterpiece. This really should go without saying, since Jesus is the Master, but for those who need verbal prods, I say these things.
Let’s take a look at the Lord’s prayer. “Our Father which art in heaven.” First, He established God as Father and all that that relationship implies.
“Hallowed be Thy name.“ Second, He reveals the secret of success--hallowing God’s name--holding it in reverential fear and awe which inspires submission, dependence, and trust.
“Thy kingdom come. They will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” With this line, He declares and confesses and prays for the desired result of all earthly struggle. That’s what all this is about-- when God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven, it will be heavenly on earth. Heaven is heavenly because God’s will is always done there.
Next, He disposes of our daily needs. “Give us this day our daily bread.” In that one sentence He establishes that God is the source of our daily needs, that we should pray and ask for our daily needs to be met, that we should take one day at a time and concentrate on what needs done in it, and that we are to depend on God to have our daily needs met.
“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Now He gets down to the nitty gritty of how to keep communication open with the Father at all times, so that we can have our needs physical, spiritual, financial, mental, and emotion needs met. The parable of the “Unjust Stewart” shows us God’s attitude toward forgiveness. He teaches all through the Gospels that those who have been forgiven all their sin are expected to forgive others all their sins.
He teaches in Mark 11:24-25 that it is required of us. You can’t live as one forgiven if you refuse to forgive. That means any injustice that you have suffered must be forgiven because you were forgiven all your trespasses and we would be shocked if we saw our actions with God’s eyes--we all trespass. “Forgive us our trespasses.” Notice the ‘us’ in there--it is all inclusive. Just as the benefits of the Father’s love is all inclusive, so the infirmities of mankind are all inclusive.
“Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (harm).” Here He established that God is our source of strength in avoiding temptation. God is the one who can deliver us from evil. It implies that we cannot rely on our own resources to avoid temptation or evil, we need God’s input and power to be safe.
He finishes with: “Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory fore ever and ever. Amen.” He started by hallowing God’s name and finished by declaring that God is God and He alone is God. Christians need to know this. Christians who do know this do not try to tell God how to run things. They do not deliberate about whether they will listen to Him or not. And they do not think that their feelings and thoughts on matters weigh in with God. They know that He is running things and that they are just to be obedient children and therefore, they are confident that He knows what He’s talking about and He knows what He is doing. This frees them up from fear and doubt so that they can cast their care upon Him.
Sylvia Huffnagle
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