"The Lord's Prayer"

"The Lord's Prayer"

In the Book of Luke, the disciples asked the Lord, "Teach us how to pray."  The Lord answered with The prayer, which is a model prayer, and which some call a summary of the Gospel; it is the beautiful incomparable "The Lord's Prayer."

The prayer above all prayers acknowledges and draws us close to the Creator, Our Father, and describes His character: "Hallowed be thy name," which speaks of His Holiness and His sanctity.  Then, right below His deity, He refers to the Kingdom, the thing closest to His heart.  Ah, the Kingdom  ...  we still, and are, talking about it much today.  The Kingdom  ...  that realm of justice, peace, purity, holiness, health, and the place where good is rewarded and the forces of evil are punished  ...  the Kingdom; we feel the breath of it; it's so close, almost like it's just on the other side of a blowing wisp of a breezy curtain  ... the Kingdom  ...

Following "thy Kingdom come" is "thy Will be done."  This is the uppermost question of all Christians; "Lord, what is Your will?"  In all of our conquests of life, we constantly seek to do His will.  Why?  Because operating outside of God's will is a road to trouble and heartache, disappointment and confusion; we save ourselves much grief if we seek the will of God and follow it. 

"In earth as it is in heaven" is the cry of this hour in which we are living.  Dear Lord, bring Your Church to the place of Glory, power, honor, miracles, signs, and wonders  ...  "in earth as it is in heaven."  There is no pain in heaven, no war, no terror, no tears, no disease, no evil  ...  It is Spirit  ...  Pour out Your Spirit, O Lord, upon all flesh  ... in earth as it is in heaven  ...



Give us our daily bread, O Lord  ...  supply our needs, we pray, and we need the Bread of Life: You, O Lord, to lead us and guide us in all of our ways.  What will get us through life?  The Word, the Blood, and the Name!  We love and hide Your Word in our hearts that we might not sin against You; we apply the Blood of Jesus Christ to every situation, every prayer, and over our own bodies for healing and deliverance; and by the Name of Jesus Christ we are sanctified, forgiven, and we arise to newness of life.  By the Word, the Blood, and the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we rebuke, resist and cast out devils, speak to the mountains, take authority and dominion, and we are set free!  

Lord Jesus, forgive us our debts, we pray, as we forgive our debtors  ...  Forgive us  ...  Forgive us  ...  Two words that should be shouted from the housetops, from Nation to Nation, all around the world  ...  Forgive us  ...  Only when we pray and ask for forgiveness of our sins will God hear and heal our land.  The Lord comes to us immediately in our humility and pleas to be forgiven.  Then, there is the second step  ...  forgive others.  It is difficult sometimes to forgive those who hurt us, who hurt our families, and come against us in all manner of evil and destruction, but how many times are we told to forgive our brother  ...  seventy times seven  ...

O, Lord, Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil  ...  Temptation is all around us, on every corner, on website after website, TV programs and even commercials; it's everywhere; how can we escape?  We hide His Word in our hearts; we pray and seek His face; we fast and sanctify ourselves day by day; we bring our bodies, souls, minds and spirits under subjection to our holy anointed Pastors, and we submit our whole beings to the Lord Jesus Christ continually, and we pray "deliver us from evil"  ...

For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the 

Glory forever, Amen!     

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)