The Lord's Prayer

The Lord's Prayer is the model of prayer that Jesus taught us,
as recorded in the gospels of Matthew and Luke ( .)
It is presented here in traditional and modern language:
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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.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory. for ever and
ever. Amen
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Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your Kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours.
Now and for ever. Amen |
The Lords prayer, or
the "our Father prayer" is prayed daily by thousands of
Christians, and can be seen both as a model for prayer, and as
to be repeated as part of our daily prayer.
It starts by addressing God as our Father in heaven, that
although His name is honoured, and above all other names, we are
His children. As such, we occupy a place of privilege, and He
wants us to spend time in prayer with Him.
The Lords prayer then moves on to pray that God's Kingdom, or
rule, will become the norm on earth, replacing human rules and
governments, which too often are driven by greed and power. Only
then do we turn to our own needs, and ask our Father for our
basic human needs to be satisfied, and that He would forgive the
wrong things that we have done. We ask for God's guidance and
protection as we journey through life. Finally we turn back to
God, and acknowledge His supremacy and position as the Almighty
ruler.
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