Lords Prayer

[Giaour]

The ladies group did a study on the Lords prayer and dissected it word by word. I found it very interesting. I never really thought of the prayer as having every single word precisely put there for a greater purpose. Like the beginning Our Father . Our- not my, not their, not Christians, not Jews but ALL! He is OURS, all of us.

Then the second word in the prayer is Father . The relationship we have with Him. He treats us like His children. He provides for us, chastises us, protects us etc. Just as we would our own children.

Well we studied the prayer in depth for a long time so I can't remember all of it. But I did find this quick study online that says some of it. I wish I had the whole study but this link will do.

http://www.innerfaithfellowship.com/lords_prayer.htm

The greatest prayer begins with the words

[Giaour]

If anyone knows where I can get the whole study on the Lords prayer, please let me know.

[Leonard]

Call Sister Pam Phillips at New Life Fellowship, in Glendale, Arizona, and ask for her Prayer Guide. You can literally pray through the Yahweh-compound names, and the Lord's prayer for hours and hours on end.

Pam is a wonderful lady; she and Joe (the Pastor and her husband) are two of my favorite people on earth. Please tell her I suggested you call.

God bless you.

[Avodah]

Have you ever heard Dr. David Yungie Cho? (sp?) He does a teaching on the Lords Prayer that is awesome. I was fortunate enough to hear him at an Intersessors (sp?) conference a couple of years ago. I think I still have the CD from the conference. If you would like it PM me. I will start looking for it

[AFaceInTheCrowd]

The LORD's prayer is indeed a guideline on how to pray but we have to remember the purpose of it.JESUS' disciples asked HIM how to pray because they didnt know how.They were probly so used to hearing the way the Pharisees prayed and thought that was the only way.JESUS told them not to pray like the Pharisees did.To stay away from vainful praying.Sometimes the LORD'S prayer is used incorrectly or is just used as a memorized prayer without knowing what to pray for.Look at the Pharisee and the publican praying in the temple.One prayed...me,me,me...the other prayed LORD forgive me.Prayer begins within the heart...the condition of the heart.

[Giaour]

Thank you.

I'll look for it online.

I just love studying the Word.

[jesussaves]

I cannot tell you where a good on line study of the Lords' Prayer is, but I can tell you it is a wonderful place to begin studying about prayer. As we read through the 4 Gospels we learn that Jesus told us everything we needed to know about prayer. He told us how to pray, what to pray for, whose name to pray in, that the Lords' will was first and foremost the final outcome of our prayers. Total surrender to His Lordship.

When my children were small I wanted to teach them something more than a "now I lay me down to sleep" prayer, so I taught them the Lord's prayer. Each night as we all got on our knees we recited the Lords' prayer together until I was sure they had it memorized. Then I taught them to continue on in personal prayer.

As the years passed the Lord taught me something more about that prayer. One night I was absolutely exhausted from work and overwhelmed with circumstances facing me. My normal prayer routine is on my knees beside my bed or rocking chair each night before I go to sleep. That night I just fell into bed feeling as if I was just too weary to pray. "Lord", I whispered, "I want to pray. I love You and I am so very thankful for You. I am just so tired Lord and it seems like I have been praying the same old prayers lately. Forgive me, Lord." I closed my eyes to go to sleep then the Lords' prayer came to my mind. I lay there in my bed and focused all my heart on the Lord and said to the Lord (not just repeating a verse but speaking directly to the Father), "Our Father which art in heaven.... Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, in Jesus name, amen." By the time I reached the end of that very personal prayer I was filled with a new strength and began to praise and worship the Lord as I entered into His presence. I prayed a long time that night.

The Lord reminded me of something. He reminded me that the Lords' prayer isn't just a model prayer, but it is also the word of God, powerful and sharper than any two edged sword. Certainly we are not to just memorize it and then never grow in our prayer life. But it is a wonderful model, and when the devil tries to get you down, it is a wonderful sword!!