OUR FATHER WHO ART
IN HEAVEN HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE
US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. FORGIVE US OUR
TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS
AGAINST US. LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION. DELIVER
US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE
POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER
AMEN
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of Books Holy Bible The Lord's Prayer
Interpreted Consideration of The Lord's
Prayer Mathew 6:9-13 Luke 11:2-4
Considered the Scriptures Holy Scripture the Good
Book the Word of God the Book of Books Holy
Bible
The
Lord’s Prayer
Parsed
The
Lord’s Prayer
Parsed
OUR FATHER WHO ART
IN HEAVEN HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE
US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. FORGIVE US OUR
TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS
AGAINST US. LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION. DELIVER
US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE
POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER
AMEN
the Scriptures Holy
Scripture the Good Book the Word of God the Book
of Books Holy Bible The Lord's Prayer
Interpreted Consideration of The Lord's
Prayer Mathew 6:9-13 Luke 11:2-4
Considered the Scriptures Holy Scripture the Good
Book the Word of God the Book of Books Holy
Bible
OUR FATHER
WHO ART IN
HEAVEN
HALLOWED BE THY
NAME.
THY KINGDOM
COME
THY WILL BE DONE ON
EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR
DAILY BREAD.
FORGIVE US OUR
TRESPASSES
AS WE FORGIVE THOSE
WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
LEAD US NOT INTO
TEMPTATION.
DELIVER US FROM
EVIL.
FOR THINE
IS
THE
KINGDOM
AND THE
POWER
AND THE
GLORY
FOREVER
AMEN.
OUR FATHER
Dear God, when you appeared to man on earth
inhabiting the human form of a man named Jesus,
you brought to us new revelations of the
relationship of man toward God and God toward man.
You told us that we are to view you as a father
who loves his children. And that each of us may
have a personal child-to-father relationship with
you. What a wonderful revelation you brought
us when, through the words of the man, Jesus, you
informed us of this relationship.
No longer were you to
be viewed as a remote, thunder-and-lightning being
who gave neither Adam nor Eve an opportunity to
ask forgiveness. No longer were you to be viewed
as a god who sought vengeance when
displeased. No longer were you to be viewed
as a god who demanded sacrifices to you through
the flow of blood from the ritual slaughter of
animals and the stench of burned flesh and dried
blood upon a "holy" alter.
No longer were you to
be viewed as the awful and awesome, being who
would wipe out an entire civilization with a flood
or would massacre all people, including innocent
children clinging to their mothers, in a city
because you were disturbed by the sexual practices
of the adults inhabiting that city; nor one who
would turn an innocent lady to a pillar of salt
just because she did not heed a warning, and she
looked back at the fire and destruction that you
had brought onto that city.
In the form of Jesus,
you told us that we may view you as a parent - one
that we are to obey (for our own good); one who
will discipline us if we stray with a discipline
born of paternal love and not a frightful
discipline born of vengeance.
If the prayer
instructed by Jesus had stopped there with only
the two the words OUR FATHER - if Jesus has said
nothing more -- a magnificent lesson in theology
would have been unfolded before us, through those
two words alone. We thank you for that and for the
love that is embodied within that.
WHO ART IN
HEAVEN
When you appeared to us in the form of man, you
instructed us that "OUR FATHER" did not mean
ancestor worship of the type that had been
prevalent in some civilizations. It was, instead,
to inform us of the true relationship between God
and mankind.
The word HEAVEN
probably has a different meaning for us than it
did for your people over 2000 years ago. . Dear
God, we know you to be infinite - the creator of
all that is and all that ever was and all that
ever will be. We recognize that your domain
includes the infinitely large universe and all of
its contents --- the cosmos. Your domain, too,
includes the infinitely small --- the particles,
the energy and the forces --- even those that are
within us and that are beyond the present
comprehension of man. When we say "Thou art in
heaven," we are saying that Thou art infinite in
space and time and omnipresent in all things and
in all places and in all relationships.
With this phrase we
recognize and acknowledge that you are ever
present and a part of each of us in whatever we do
- be it good or be it bad. And there's no escaping
that.
God we recognize that
you are infinite - and you are
infinity.
HALLOWED BE THY
NAME
While we seek to know and to appreciate that you
are intimately involved in our lives and in our
daily living, we also recognize that we have not
earned the right to familiarity. The fall of
Adam story exemplifies that truth. Whether that be
historical truth or an allegorical expression of
an eternal truth, it is a truth that we keep
always in mind. As the child must respect the
father, we hold your name holy as the Father who
is our God --- the God who manifested to mankind
in the person of Jesus --- the God who is ever
present and with us today in the form of the Holy
Spirit. Thy name is hallowed and must at all times
and in all circumstances be maintained as
holy.
THY KINGDOM
COME
THY WILL BE DONE ON
EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
In these words we find, in plain and simple
language, the plan which the Jesus message
instructs us that we should follow as the guide
for, and control of, our daily living. If all of
mankind invoked your will, dear God, to be done on
this earth and if each person worked toward that
end then all of the other teachings of Jesus would
come to fruition. And with that, thy Kingdom will
come to be on this earth as it is in
heaven.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR
DAILY BREAD.
This is the first of our four requests (or prayer
petitions). We know that when you manifested
yourself in the human form of Jesus, the message
to us was that the Father knows our needs even
before we ask. But we know, too, that the Jesus
message told us that we should ask it of you ---
and ask over and over again. The repetition of the
request often leads to the fulfillment. And we
should give reverential thanks for the divine
intervention of that fulfillment.
FORGIVE US OUR
TRESPASSES
AS WE FORGIVE THOSE
WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
This is, perhaps, the most instructive passage. We
are assured, dear God, that you will forgive us of
our short-comings and our wrong-doings, if --- and
only if --- we forgive the wrong-doings and
short-comings of those with whom we have dealings.
If we do not forgive others, then we have no right
to seek from you forgiveness for ourselves. That
is practical. It makes good sense. If we have an
unforgiving attitude or harbor a grudge against
another, we certainly are not able to come to you
to seek forgiveness. An un-forgiven grudge bottled
up within a person is corrosive to the soul and
destructive of the inner person. It renders a
person unable to receive forgiveness. We thank you
that in this prayer we have a daily reminder of
that.
LEAD US NOT INTO
TEMPTATION.
DELIVER US FROM
EVIL.
Here we are asking that you give us the courage
and the self-discipline to withstand those
temptations that come our way in the natural
course of events. We recognize that temptations
may be set before us for soul growth and
improvement. It is by overcoming --- and
withstanding --- temptations that we strengthen
and feed the soul. We view the soul as the
personal divine spark granted by you to each
believing individual to be a part of you within us
as a part of us. We know that if we succumb to
temptation or participate in evil, we do great
damage to that revered and precious part of our
psyche.
FOR THINE
IS
THE
KINGDOM
The intuition is an inner knowledge which you have
instilled within us, and we know, intuitively, as
did those who wrote and refined the book, Genesis,
that you did create all that is and all that ever
was and all that ever will be. That which you
created is controlled by you and, in ancient
terms, is your Kingdom. It is an all-extensive
kingdom, It extends inwardly into each individual,
and it extends outwardly above and beyond the
universe throughout all infinity.
AND THE
POWER
It is your power that balances the electrons with
the protons and neutrons within the atom - that
holds the planets in their orbit around our star,
the sun. It is your power that propels the stars
of a galaxy in a spiral and moves the galaxies
across the heavens into cluster-patterns. It is
your power that gives order and meaning to the
cosmos. It is, also, your power that reaches
inwardly to the infinitesimally tiny and expands
outwardly, beyond the reach of light. to the
infinitely large.
AND THE
GLORY
Thine is the glory; and may we always be mindful
that as your domain is infinite so your glory is
unlimited and immeasurable, and it shall
last… FOREVER ------
AMEN
The
Lord’s Prayer
Parsed
The
Lord’s Prayer
Parsed
The
Lord’s Prayer
Parsed
OUR FATHER WHO ART
IN HEAVEN HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE
US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. FORGIVE US OUR
TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS
AGAINST US. LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION. DELIVER
US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE
POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER
AMEN
the Scriptures Holy
Scripture the Good Book the Word of God the Book
of Books Holy Bible The Lord's Prayer
Interpreted Consideration of The Lord's
Prayer Mathew 6:9-13 Luke 11:2-4
Considered the Scriptures Holy Scripture the Good
Book the Word of God the Book of Books Holy
Bible
the Scriptures Holy
Scripture the Good Book the Word of God the Book
of Books Holy Bible The Lord's Prayer
Interpreted Consideration of The Lord's
Prayer Mathew 6:9-13 Luke 11:2-4
Considered the Scriptures Holy Scripture the Good
Book the Word of God the Book of Books Holy
Bible
The
Lord’s Prayer
Parsed
The
Lord’s Prayer
Parsed
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN
HEAVEN HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME THY
WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US
THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. FORGIVE US OUR
TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS
AGAINST US. LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION. DELIVER
US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE
POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER
AMEN
