Our Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:9
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Our Father
The prayer doesn't begin with my, but with our. Whoever prays the Lord's Prayer never prays alone. You pray with millions of people across all the centuries.
And Jesus teaches his disciples to address God as Father. In Gethsemane he himself used the Aramaic word Abba, which Mark preserved. A word full of trust, the way a child says it to their father.
Question for today
What is it like to simply call God Father today?
Prayer
Our Father in heaven, thank you that I may call you that, and that I don't pray alone, but together with all your children.
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
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 our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.