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August 24: “Your Will Be Done” (Matthew 6:9-13)

God’s will is good, pleasing and perfect. Do we believe this? It’s hard for us to believe it when things do not go well for us. The third petition is identical to Jesus’ Gethsemane prayer. God’s will was accomplished because Jesus trusted in God’s goodness and bore the cross. In our own hardships, can we […]

August 17: “Your Kingdom Come!” (Matthew 6:9-10)

As followers of Jesus, we are to pray for the coming of God’s kingdom on earth. The word “your” reminds us that what we pray for is not MY kingdom. It is about seeing everything as God’s, not mine. “Kingdom” is not a place but more of God’s activity, God’s rule. God’s rule is realized […]

August 10: “Sanctifying the Name” (Matthew 6:9, Ezekiel 36:22-23)

The first priority for Jesus is for God’s Name to be made holy. Since we bear God’s Name as His people, we can either sanctify or profane God’s Name by the way we live. To pray “hallowed be your name” is to ask God to make us holy as God is holy. But ultimately it […]

August 3: “Praying to Jesus’ Father” (Matthew 6:5-9, 11:25-28)

The uniqueness of Christian prayer is rooted in Jesus’ relationship with God the Father. Jesus says that no one can know the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. The Lord’s Prayer authorizes us to approach God as Jesus approaches God. Jesus turned an exclusive relationship with the […]

July 27: “How Do We Breathe?” (Luke 11:1-13)

The Lord’s Prayer anchors us to the heart of God, teaching us to breathe in the living of our days. Together with the Apostles’ Creed and the Ten Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer – these three sources – have been regarded by the Church for two millennia as “the rule of faith” – setting the foundations […]