{"id":658,"date":"2023-06-19T11:55:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T16:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/?p=658"},"modified":"2024-12-01T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:37:12","slug":"topic-lords-prayer-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/2023\/06\/19\/topic-lords-prayer-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord&#8217;s Prayer &#8212; with meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us for our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed by Thy name<\/span><\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> <span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Having a heavenly Father means that we are a part of the family of God. Through Jesus, we can receive eternal life and adoption into God&#8217;s family. This comes with many implications. As God&#8217;s children, we know that we are loved<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">God&#8217;s name is [sacred and holy] and [esteemed, repected, held in high regard tinged with awe]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Thy Kingdom come<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>To pray Thy Kingdom Come means to invite God&#8217;s will into the world and to be open to what God wants for your life. It is also looking forward to Jesus&#8217; Second Coming to fully establish God&#8217;s reign. It&#8217;s a prayer that summarizes the entire Bible and what God wants to do on the earth.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">We ask God to save us from any unwillingness to learn God&#8217;s will and embrace God&#8217;s kingdom; to save us from choosing our own plans and desires; and to save us from trying to limit the scope of God&#8217;s purposes.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Give us this day our daily bread<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>[Word of God and Revelation]<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Forgive us our trespasses as we <\/strong><\/span>{should}<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> forgive those who trespass against us<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">[sins, wrong-doing]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">We should <u>forgive others as God forgives us<\/u>.\u00a0 It is not that God forgives us as we forgive others.\u00a0 God forgives totally, forgets the trespass, and does it every time we trespass and repent.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Lead us not into temptation<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>[enticement, allurement]<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Deliver us from Evil<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>[morally wrong or bad, harmful,detrimental]<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In Jesus name<\/span><\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Jesus repeatedly taught His disciples to pray in His name<\/strong><\/span> (<strong>John 14:13\u201314; 15:16; 16:23\u201324<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Praying in his name is to acknowledge and remember that Christ is the only way\u2014that our standing before the Father is based on the finished work of Christ alone. We come to him in prayer, not because of our own works or merit, but in the name of Jesus. That preposition \u201cin\u201d is a significant one.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Amen<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>[it is so, so be it]<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>============================================================<\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0 praying similar to the Lord&#8217;s Prayer, use your own wording and include anything personal or in need of addressing in prayer.\u00a0 The Lord&#8217;s Prayer is meant to be an example of &#8220;How to Pray&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 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