1. Hallowed Be Your Name

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#7 The Lord’s Prayer

"OUR FATHER"

Matthew 6:9-13

The Lord’s Prayer Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

LIFE IN TWO REALMS... SIX PETITIONS

1.

Hallowed Be Your Name

2.

Your Kingdom Come

3.

Your Will Be Done

4.

Give Us Daily Bread

5.

Forgive Us Our Debts

6.

Lead Us Not Into Temptation but Deliver Us From Evil

THREE AND THREE

1.

YOUR Name

2.

YOUR Kingdom

3.

YOUR Will

4.

OUR Food

5.

OUR Forgiveness

6.

OUR Fight for holiness

"WHO IS IN HEAVEN" Observations:

A. ‘Lower Tier’ Petitions are likely meant to support and serve ‘Upper Tier’ Petitions. B. The first ‘Upper Tier’ petition —“Hallowed Be Your Name”— seems to be the ultimate aim of all the other petitions. ONE AND FIVE

1. Hallowed Be Your Name 2.

Your Kingdom Come

3.

Your Will Done

4.

Give Us Daily Bread

5.

Forgive Us Our Debts

6.

Lead Us Not Into Temptation but Deliver Us From Evil

C. Allowing God to regularly draw us up into the expansive ‘Upper Tier’ will free us from our natural inclination towards obsessing over ‘Lower Tier’ concerns. BIBLE READING PLAN  Sunday: Exodus 15  Thursday: Exodus 19  Monday: Exodus 16  Friday: Exodus 20  Tuesday: Exodus 17  Saturday: Exodus 21  Wednesday: Exodus 18  Sunday: Exodus 22 Steve Benninger, Lead Pastor New Life Church, Gahanna/Oct. 1 & 2, 2011