That God’s eternal purpose in Christ Jesus to reconcile a people to Himself from every tribe, tongue, and nation would be accomplished. What Jesus is teaching is that the first priority of the prayers of God’s people should be that His plan of redemption would be a success. So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored (Matthew 6:9, NET) Some modern translations make it a little clearer. This phrase is the beginning of the requests. The original Greek for this verse makes it clear that this is not a declarative sentence of fact. While that is certainly true – God is holy – that’s not what this means. So, we come to Him as our Father in heaven and declare that His name is holy! When we come to God, we first declare His goodness and attributes. I recall hearing it taught that this is the declarative part of the prayer. What does “hallowed be Your name” mean, anyway? So instead of telling Him what I need, I should pray according to the themes Christ presents.Įven with this new perspective, it is easy to misunderstand the first part. My heavenly Father doesn’t need me to tell Him what I need. Meaninglessly repeating things that I should have meant.Īfter repenting (again) for my foolishness, I sought to truly understand the meaning behind the words Jesus was teaching.
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It was taught by Jesus Himself.Įmbarrassed because I fit the description of those Jesus described immediately prior to giving His instruction.Īnd when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. I was both excited and embarrassed.Įxcited to find that this prayer I had prayed so many times was worthwhile. I remember when I stumbled upon Jesus teaching the disciples to pray the Lord’s prayer in Matthew 6. After being born-again by the grace of God I started to read my Bible. Why it mattered.Īlthough I became better equipped to describe the meaning of the phrases, I still mumbled them as fast as I could so I could move on to the next part of my day.įast forward many years. He did his best to explain to me what the terms meant. I remember sitting with him in the car one afternoon while we went through every phrase.
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Most of the time, I mumbled it as quickly as I could.įor what it’s worth, my Dad tried to help me understand that mumbling the prayer without understanding what it really meant wasn’t the goal.
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Growing up, I said the Our Father prayer a lot.