Todays Scripture
Luke 11:1-4 AMP
Instruction about Prayer
11 It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
‘Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
3
‘Give us each day our daily bread.
4
‘And forgive us our sins,
For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us [who has offended or wronged us].And lead us not into temptation but rescue us from evil].’”
unsafe says ----This Prayer was given to the Disciples as a model or pattern to Pray ------We must remember here that Jesus is still alive and the Law is still in place -----so animal sacrifices are still in place to cover sin here ----so this is a before the Cross example of how to pattern prayer -----
The beginning of the Prayer starts with Father ----well we see that only people who truly followed Jesus would use Father in their prayer -----as anyone who rejected Jesus was not seen as a Follower of Jesus ------and therefore was away from God --
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The Greek word for
Father here in this scripture -----
Strong's Concordance
patér: a father
3962 /patḗr ("father") is used of our heavenly
Father. He imparts life, from physical birth to the gift of eternal life through the
second birth (regeneration, being born again). Through ongoing sanctification, the believer more and more
resembles their heavenly Father – i.e. each time they receive faith from Him and obey it, which results in their unique glorification.
hallowed be Your name.
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Hallowed below used in this scripture ----unless your a True follower of Jesus in this Passage ----you wouldn't treat the Father's name as Holy or treat with respect ------and it is the same for today ----unbelievers don't treat God as Holy or with great respect -----
unsafe posting here ---Greek word for hallowed
Strong's Concordance
hagiazó: to make holy, consecrate, sanctify -----
treat as holy,
set apart as holy, sanctify, hallow, purify. to dedicate, separate"
Your Kingdom come -----What does this really mean in this scripture -----Greek meaning below
Strong's Concordance
basileia: kingdom, sovereignty, royal power
The kingdom (
932 /basileía) is constantly used
in connection with the rule of Christ in the hearts of believers –
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COME in this scripture
Strong's Concordance
erchomai: to come, go
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more common in future Luke 11:2 to come;
Next verse #3 -----‘Give us each day our daily bread.
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Greek word here for bread is ------
Strong's Concordance
artos: bread, a loaf
740 ártos – properly, bread; (figuratively)
divine provision; all the sustenance
God supplies to yielded believers scene-by-scene to live in His preferred-will (2307 /thélēma).
As in Greek writings, and like the Hebrew לֶחֶם,
food of any kind: Luke 11:3
Verse 4 -----
‘And forgive us our sins,
For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us [who has offended or wronged us) .And lead us not into temptation but rescue us from evil
unsafe says -----So we see here in verse 4 ---- that it is asking for God to forgive what trespasses have been done to others and we ourselves will forgive them for what they do to us -----and to lead us away from temptation so no sin is committed --
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So here is the thing about this prayer for today -------it is a perfect prayer but what does it mean for us today is the Question -----
I would venture to guess that most people who say this Prayer just mouth the words and have no idea what they are really saying -----to recite a prayer over and over again the words become just words after a time and the meaning is lost -----we say it cause it is the Lord's Prayer -----Praying to God is a HEART issue ---not the words we use ---God already knows what we are going to pray before we pray it ----
As blackbelt1961 had said up thread ---We are to Pray His Will not our will
For True Believers This Prayer really does nothing as Jesus did all He could do for us by and through this Shedding of this Blood and dying on the Cross and being Resurrected ----all is finished -----
God says this ------in Matthew about Prayer
Matthew 6:7 (KJV)
7 But when ye pray,
use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
unsafe posting here --------This is from Got Questions on the Lord's Prayer -----Read all if interested --just posting this section
What is the Lord’s prayer and should we pray it? Is the Lord’s Prayer a prayer we are supposed to memorize and recite? What is the Paternoster?
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Question: "What is the Lord's prayer and should we pray it?"
So, again, the Lord’s Prayer is not a prayer we are to memorize and recite back to God. It is only an example of how we should be praying. Is there anything wrong with memorizing the Lord’s Prayer? Of course not! Is there anything wrong with praying the Lord’s Prayer back to God? Not if your heart is in it and you truly mean the words you say. Remember, in prayer, God is far more interested in our communicating with Him and speaking from our hearts than He is in the specific words we use.
Philippians 4:6-7 declares, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
