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Theo Tigno•
10/8/2003 6:33 am
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Wednesday, October 8th 2003 |
Luke 11: 1-4
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples." He said to them, "When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name,
your Kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
and do not subject us to the final test."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for your special intentions.
Lately, I have been trying to get back to the simplicity of prayer.
It's easy to ramble through the "Our Father" because we know the words so well. The prayer is simple in its structure, yet the depth of the "Our Father" reminds us that simplicity is where God calls us to. The "Our Father" contains within it's words the petitions our hearts need, not the twisted desires it wants. Look at the lines of the "Our Father" and you will see that everything we need to ask of God is contained in these words.
We must never take our prayer lives for granted. Our prayer lives are truly a gift given to us by God. Our prayers add nothing to the greatness of God, but reminds us of how great God is. Our prayers do not make God's love for us any greater, but reminds how much God loves us. Our prayers do not make God's faithfulness to us greater, but reminds us that we must be faithful to Him. Our prayers lives need to draw us closer to the fullness of truth of who God is, therefore revealing the full truth of who we are and why we are created.
I invite all of you to return to simplicity in your prayer lives, beginning with the fullness and beauty of the "Our Father." Take care and God Bless.
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