Matthew 6:9-15 Pray then like this Do I pray “like this”? Have I integrated the Lord's Prayer into my own prayers? Our Father in heaven Prayer paradox - relational, yet completely set-apart Who is the Father? Jesus said: “I and the Father are one” Hallowed be your name The word hallow belongs to set of Bible words related to “holiness” –which means unique, set-apart We are praying that God’s name would be set-apart, that it would be valued, treasured, and recognized as superior to every other worldly pretender Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven The kingdom language was at the center of Jesus’s gospel message The Jesus movement is not about escaping our physical existence for some non-physical reality. God is in the business of transforming our lives presently, here and now Give us this day our daily bread For Jesus’s immediate audience, bread was a basic survival need—not guaranteed Jesus doesn’t try to shift our attention away from earthly needs to more “spiritual” things And forgive us as debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors A debtor is someone who is clearly in the wrong—absolutely. And it is within in my right to demand recompense. And Jesus’s prayer for us is that in that situation, I receive an infinitely greater forgiveness through the channel of God’s grace which I then send out through that same pipeline And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil God gives us the wisdom and self-control to avoid going into situations where we will be tempted Nothing about this prayer is safe We are way too comfortable when we say, “Your kingdom come, your will be done” It is no longer about my will, my wants, my desire. I am saying Yes to the call to follow Jesus to Gethsemane, even when I don’t understand why.