Praying “THE LORD’S PRAYER”
(Matthew 6: 8-13, Luke 11:1-4)
Including meditative Scripture for each phrase
When one of Jesus's disciples asked Him how to pray, he said, "Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. Pray then like this:
Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
(Begin and end your prayer time with worship. 1 Chronicles 29:11, a prayer of David)
“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in the heavens and the earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the Kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.”
Your kingdom come,
(Declare allegiance to God, Matthew 22: 37 Jesus tells us)
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."
Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
(State submission to His will. Matthew 22:39 Matt. 20:26-28 Jesus describes God's will)
"Love your neighbor as yourself." "[W]hoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave--just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve."
Give us today our daily bread,
(Ask for His provision. Mark: 11: 24 Jesus confirms provision)
"Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors;
(Practice forgiveness. Mark 11: 25-26 Jesus confirms and offers warning)
"And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your father in heaven may forgive you your sins."
And lead us not onto temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
(Ask for deliverance. II Corinthians 1: 10 Paul proclaims)
“He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us”.
(End your prayer time with thanksgiving and praise. 1 Chronicles 29:13)
“And now we thank thee, our God, and praise thy glorious name.”
May all that we say and do glorify God,
Rick Hastings