Today we continue a series entitled Lord, teach us to pray<\/i><\/b>! Do you ever cry out with that same desire as Jesus\u2019 disciples did –\u2013\u201dTeach {me<\/b>} to pray\u201d?<\/p>\n
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Each Saturday over the next couple of months, we will intentionally pursue asking the Lord to do just that\u2014teach us to pray. I believe that, as we continue to look at learning how to pray through the Scriptures, we will develop into daughters who pray\u2014who delight, yearn, love to pray to their Father. This is my heart\u2019s desire.<\/p>\n
Jesus was asked this important question by His disciples. One of the places that it is recorded is in Luke 11, verse 1: \u201cThen He was praying in a certain place; and when He stopped, one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray\u2026.\u201d Listen to the words that He spoke to them when they asked:<\/p>\n
Pray, therefore, like this: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed (kept holy) be Your name.<\/b> Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven (left, remitted, and let go of the debts, and have given up resentment against) our debtors. And lead (bring) us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13<\/p>\n
The first week, in this series, we focused on the very first, and most important aspect, of Jesus\u2019 instruction\u2014addressing God Almighty as: \u201cOur Father<\/b>….\u201d We found that He wants to be our Father…our Abba Father! We learned that \u2018Abba!\u2019 (today we would say \u2018Daddy!\u2019 or \u2018Papa!\u2019) is used when talking about \u201ca close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationship with another person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last week we looked at the very next aspect of prayer that Jesus deemed of importance\u2014\u201cWho is in heaven<\/b>.\u201d Jesus\u2019 first attribute relating to God showed the depth of relationship we have with God. This next attribute also pertains to relationship but tells of the utmost importance of Who God is. He is in heaven. And we also were reminded of an awesome promise from God—in the coming ages, you and I will be seated together with Jesus in the heavens (Ephesians 2:4-8). We will dwell for all eternity with Jesus and our Father, Who is in heaven.<\/p>\n
This week, as we follow Jesus\u2019 instruction, we come to the third aspect referring to Almighty God— \u201challowed (kept holy) be Your name<\/b>.\u201d Holy<\/i><\/b> is an adjective, it describes. One definition of holy<\/i><\/b> is: exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness. Another definition would be: (applied to the Supreme Being,) holy signifies perfectly pure, immaculate and complete in moral character. My understanding of our Lord\u2019s instruction is that Jesus is not speaking about His Father\u2019s actual name but metaphorically that His Father\u2019s \u201cname\u201d is Who He is. The phrase could be stated as, \u201c…holy are You….\u201d<\/p>\n
Throughout the Scriptures, we see God described as \u2018holy\u2019 many times:<\/p>\n
But You are holy<\/b>, O You Who dwell in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered]. (Psalms 22:3)<\/p>\n
Are not You from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One<\/b>? (Habakkuk 1:12)<\/p>\n
And one cried to another and said, Holy, holy, holy<\/b> is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory! (Isaiah 6:3)<\/p>\n
And [now] I am no more in the world, but these are [still] in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father<\/b>, keep in Your Name [ in the knowledge of Yourself] those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We [are one]. (John 17:11)<\/p>\n
And I also heard the angel of the waters say, Righteous (just) are You in these Your decisions and judgments, You Who are and were, O Holy One<\/b>! (Revelation 16:5)<\/p>\n
Just in these five examples, we see the Almighty God, our Father, ascribed by the Psalmist as \u2018You are holy\u2019…that the prophet Habakkuk called Him \u2018my Holy One\u2019…that Isaiah saw in a vision God seated on His throne with the seraphim proclaiming \u2018holy, holy, holy\u2019…that Jesus our Lord prayed \u2018Holy Father\u2019…that one of the seven angels praised Almighty God saying \u2018You Who are and were \u2018O Holy One.\u2019 There is no doubt Who<\/i> each of these examples is speaking about\u2014our Father<\/i>. And there is no denying the great adulation, adoration, worship, and praise that is being communicated to our Father.<\/p>\n
And, as such, we are to praise and worship and adore Him with that same heart…He is holy, holy, holy. What a privilege that the our Father, Who is in heaven, would allow us to come before Him and call Him \u2018Holy!\u2019 Oh. How. He. Loves. Us. So. <3<\/p>\n
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This week we have talked about accepting our Father\u2019s love. We have considered that He wanted us to be born; that He delights in us; that He protects us and He forgives us; as well as that He give us great advice. Possibly you have had to make a few changes in your thinking toward yourself in light of just how MUCH God loves you. Probably you are thinking more in alignment with God\u2019s thinking about you. Perhaps you are even thinking of yourself in the same way that God thinks of you. Here is more truth that God thinks about you; consider this, daughter of God ….<\/p>\n
But as the One Who called you is holy<\/b>, you yourselves also be holy<\/b> in all your conduct and manner of living. For it is written, You shall be holy<\/b>, for I am holy<\/b>. 1st Peter 1:13-17<\/p>\n
Clothe yourselves therefore, as Gods own chosen ones (His own picked representatives), [who are] purified and holy<\/b> and well-beloved [by God Himself, by putting on behavior marked by] tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, [and] patience…. Colossians 3:12<\/p>\n
So I ask you to add this to your new thinking: How much worth, ______ (insert your name here), do you have if you are<\/i> holy<\/b> {as Your Father Who is in heaven}is<\/i> holy<\/b>.<\/p>\n
\u201c…Holy be Your Name..\u201d<\/p>\n
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