The Prayer

The Prayer that Jesus teaches us to pray is an awesome prayer. (Matthew 6:9-13).It is even more awesome as we remember Jesus says in John 12:49 (ICB) that God "…told me what to say…". This prayer is what God wants us to pray to Him.

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 today our daily bread. Please forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who offend us. Please don't bring us into temptation and rescue us from the evil one, for Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever, amen. .

As we pray The Prayer, which takes less than a minute, at times it can be a blessing to expand the prayer with additional related prayers.

:9 "…Our Father in heaven, May Your holy name be honored;"

May everyone honor Your Holy name and treat it with respect. May everyone be convicted that "misuses" Your name (Exodus 20:7 NIV). And learn to respect and "fear" You (Matthew 10:28 NIV). Help us to live our lives in such a way that it reflects favorably on Your Holy name, especially me. (for more information about the importance of God's name, and details like He calls Himself Yahveh and that the Temple in Jerusalem was built to honor His name, click here)

:10 "May Your kingdom come…on earth as it is in heaven."

May Your kingdom be present "within" us (Luke 17:20-21 NIV). May Your Kingdom "come" (Revelations 12:10 NIV) soon and be established every where on earth as the accuser is eliminated forever and may we all be "ready" (Matthew 24:44) to live forever with You in Your Kingdom, especially me.

:10 "…May Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

May your will be done every where on earth just as it is in heaven, especially in my life and the lives of everyone I care about. (this can be a good time to name each person) Remember that being in God's "will" is essential to eternal life (Matthew 7:21).

:11 "Please give us this day our daily bread."

Please give us today our daily bread, both physical and spiritual bread. As we seek first Your "kingdom", thank You for providing all our needs (Matthew 6:33). Guide us regarding everything You want us to do to receive the blessings you want to give us (Luke 6:38, Malachi 3:10, etc.).

:12 "Please forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who offend us."

Help us to forgive everyone who has done anything against us (a good time to mention names). Help us to remember everyone we need to forgive. Thank You for forgiving all our sins (a good time to mention our sins). Help us to remember that we have forgiven others and that You have forgiven us, if the "accuser" brings up either subject (Revelations 12:10).

:13 "Please don't bring us into temptation,"

We pray that You will not bring us into any temptation and help us to resist any desire for temptation. Help us to not even see or know about the opportunity for temptation.

:13 "and rescue us from the evil one,"

Please rescue us from the evil one. Help us to remember that we can use the powerful "name" of Jesus, when we feel under attack (Mark 16:17).

:13 "Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever, Amen."

We praise You God for Yours is the kingdom and the power and glory forever and ever, amen. Thank You for sending Your son Jesus to teach us how to pray to You. You are our only source for everything. Help us to "deny" ( Luke 9:23) every other source including our self and totally rely on You, so that we can follow Jesus' example and be able to say that everything we "say" (John 12:49) and everything we "do" (John 14:31) comes from You.

Click here to read how you can use this prayer as part of your daily prayers and help you be prepared spiritually or being prayed up. Click here to read how you can include this prayer as part of your family prayers.

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