For a class I’m taking right now, there are several disciplines we have to experience, one of those is praying the Lord’s Prayer every day for a month. Some days I wake up and right away, I remember to pray it, but more than just “pray it”, I try and think through what it means. As a Christian, and really for anyone in any organized religion, it becomes easy for things to become routine, and by acting in those things that are required, we miss why they are important.
Just like we should all pray.
Just like we should all read our bibles.
It’s interesting how the disciples, of all the questions they could have asked Jesus, they ask to be taught how to pray. Father tells us that we are on a personal level with God. Hallowed reminds us of how holy he is, and how un-holy we are. Asking for His Kingdom and will to be done gives God full power and control in our lives. Asking for him to give us our daily bread teaches us to ask only for what we need, and to know that he will meet and provide that need. Asking for forgiveness for our sins, and for those who have sinned against us teaches us humility as we place in God’s hand our own humanity. The KINGDOM, the POWER, and the GLORY should belong to him forever, and we lift up these characteristics of God, knowing that he will show these things in our own lives, but to the entire world.
Maybe you’ve strayed, maybe intentionally, or maybe each day you’ve let yourself slip away from the Lord’s presence, whatever the case, sometimes it just begins with a prayer of faith, a verse of encouragement, but either way, he’s whispering for you, because he’s a Father who cares.
