Give us this day our daily bread This line of the Lord’s Prayer always reminds me of the birth of the Jewish nation, when they were summoned out of Egypt and spent 40 years wandering in the desert. It was during this time that God gave them their ‘daily bread’ in an extraordinarily memorable manner: …
In this fourth post on the Lord’s Prayer, we reach a request for God’s will to be done on earth. It makes perfect sense that God’s will is done in heaven but why is this not so on earth also, if he is God? Shouldn’t he get his way (will) whenever he wants? At this …
‘Kingdom come.’ Now there’s a phrase you don’t hear too much nowadays. Seems rather old fashioned. In popular vernacular I feel like the most recent usage was an expression of the desire for someone to hurry up: ‘Can’t you move faster? I don’t want to be here until kingdom come.’ I haven’t heard that one …
Following on from the opening line of the Lord’s Prayer, “Our Father in heaven” comes a desire expressed both succinctly and with significant strength: “Hallowed be your name” A quick google search gives you a few definitions on the word, ‘hallowed’: made holy, consecrated, greatly revered, honoured. Sad but true I don’t think God’s name …
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