FOLLOW JESUS' GUIDANCE!
Jesus gave us very few specific instructions about our relationship
with God, such as He told us to ask in His “NAME” [Jn 16:26].
When He taught us to pray this prayer, we find that each word and
phrase in the prayer is very powerful. People can use it as an
outline and spend significant time praying each sentence. We start
off saying nice things to God and then the personal requests cover
our lives. Since we are encouraged by Jesus to pray it daily, never
forget to pay attention to the actual words. The following is a
respectful translation of the prayer Jesus taught us: “YOU
SHOULD PRAY LIKE THIS: OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN,
MAY YOUR HOLY NAME BE HONORED; MAY YOUR
KINGDOM COME, MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE ON
EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. PLEASE GIVE US THE
FOOD WE NEED FOR EACH DAY. PLEASE FORGIVE US
OUR SINS, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE SINNED
AGAINST US. PLEASE DON’T BRING US INTO
TEMPTATION AND PLEASE RESCUE US FROM EVIL,
FOR YOURS IS THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND
THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN" [Mt 6:9-13
ET]. Do you obey Jesus and pray the prayer daily?
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