“This, then, is how
you should pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name,
Your kingdom
come,
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today
our daily bread.
Forgive us our
debts,
As we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us
not into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.”
Matthew
6:9-12
“When you breathe
your thoughts to me, say this:
Loving Father who
resides in pure perfection,
We are awestruck by Your holy and all-powerful
name,
May
Your dominion be current and at hand,
May Your perfect will be started and
accomplished,
Here on this planet, today, in our
present world,
As it is being lived out in Your presence.
Provide
all the daily needs that we may have.
May
we realize Your forgiveness and cleansing,
When we forgive and release those around
us.
Guide
us to that narrow way that leads to Your life,
And free us from the bondage of the
deceiver.”
Take some time today to consider Jesus’ instruction
to us to pray this prayer from Matthew 6.
It is not His prayer but a prayer given to us. It may be so familiar that we could possibly
take it for granted. You may take some
time to do as I did by writing it out in your own words.
Questions
to consider: If you did this exercise, what did you experience? How overly familiar is this prayer to you,
and what was it like to slow down enough to consider – really consider – Jesus’
words?
Prayer:
Take some time to pray this prayer.....now please pray it again…this time slowly.
Amen.
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