Day 2, August 9, 2021
Today’s Focus: The Lord’s Prayer
Luke 11:1-2 (NLT)
Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 Jesus said, “This is how you should pray:[a]
“Father, may your name be kept holy.
May your Kingdom come soon.
There is a place where we meet God. Jesus went to a “certain” place. He had a specific plan and place to meet with the Father. I think it’s good then for us to have a certain place each day where we are not disturbed or interrupted and we can meet with God our Father. Once we have that place, we then focus on our prayerful content.
Matthew 6:9-13 (NKJV)
9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven,Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one. [a]For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
The first thing to know is that God our Father is for us. He wants to favor us. God is for you. Jesus has taken away our guilt. God is our Father and He is FOR us.
Hallowed or Holy is your name! We declare and worship the names of God.
God loves when we worship Him, and there is power in
His name. Here is a list of some of His names to help us
worship Him specifically and personally:
God is Righteousness – He makes us clean
God is Sanctifier – He has called us and set us apart
God is Healer – He heals all our diseases
God is Banner of Victory – He defeated our enemies
God is Shepherd – He speaks to us and leads us
God is Peace – He is our peace in every storm
God is Provider – He supplies all of our needs
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
PROVERBS 18:10 ESV
Your Kingdom come your will be done. This is praying God’s agenda first and not ours. If God had a physical prayer list (like we might use), praying for those that are lost are at the top of His list.
Give us this day our daily bread. Now we ask God for provision. We pray that God will provide for our needs, physically, spiritually, emotionally, relationally, etc.
Forgive us our debts as we have forgiven debtors. We ask God to forgive us and we forgive others. God desires to bless us but cannot if we have sin in our life; so we are to confess that to God and experience the forgiveness that we receive through Jesus (1 John 1:9); and we then forgive others.
Lead us not into temptation. We are reminded that there is spiritual warfare. WE bind and loose. We bind anger and loose the peace of God. This is warfare. We ask God to lead us in this.
“For Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever.”
God is more than able to move in every situation, and ending our prayer time claiming His authority and power focuses our minds on the truth and hope of who He is and what He can do.
Ah, Sovereign LORD, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for You. JEREMIAH 32:17
So today, let’s kick off our 21 days of prayer devotional time by worshipping and praying the Lord’s prayer.
