Category: Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer
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Give Us Today Our Daily Bread
This is a continuation of the series, Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer. You can read the first post here. “God surely gives daily bread without our asking, even to all the wicked, but we pray in this petition that he would lead us to realize this and to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving. Daily…
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Your Will Be Done
This post is a continuation of the series, “Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer.” Read the introductory post here. “God’s good and gracious will certainly is done without our prayer, but we pray in this petition that it may be done among us also. God’s will is done when he breaks and defeats every evil plan…
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Your Kingdom Come
This is a continuation of the series, “Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer.” Click here to read the introductory post. “God’s kingdom certainly comes by itself even without our prayer, but we pray in this petition that it may also come to us. God’s kingdom comes when our heavenly Father gives his Holy Spirit, so that…
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Hallowed Be Your Name
This post is a continuation of the series, “Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer.” Click here to read the introductory post. “God’s name is certainly holy by itself, but we pray in this petition that we too may keep it holy. God’s name is kept holy when his Word is taught in its truth and purity…
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Our Father in Heaven
This post is a continuation of the series, “Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer.” Click here to read the introductory post. “With these words, God tenderly invites us to believe that he is our true Father and that we are his true children, so that we may pray to him as boldly and confidently as dear…
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Lord, Teach Us to Pray
“Lord, teach us to pray…” In response to his disciples’ request, Jesus taught them how to pray to their heavenly Father. That same prayer he taught his disciples all those years ago is perhaps the most well-known, most-spoken prayer still to this day. Christians worldwide join together to pray variations of it at worship services…