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For the next few weeks, we are going to take a deeper look at the Lord’s Prayer. No other prayer is more important to Christians than this prayer. It is the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray. There are a host of other prayers we overhear Jesus praying in the Gospels. But only with THIS prayer does Jesus say, “Pray like this.”
Our challenge with this prayer is to really know the prayer, to understand and appreciate the meaning and power of its words and what we ask of God each time we pray it. Through it, Jesus teaches us how to pray, and how to live as his followers.
Each word is saturated with meaning, a meaning that we often miss when we pray it by rote as we gather for worship. Each of the prayer’s six petitions reflects the major themes from Jesus’ life and ministry. This prayer is meant to shape our lives and through us, shape and change the world.
This first Sunday of the series, we will focus on the first petition: Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
As we pray this prayer together, may our faith be renewed through it.
Praying with you,
RT
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