What Are We Really Praying When We Say the Lord’s Prayer?

What Are We Really Praying When We Say the Lord’s Prayer/Model Prayer/Prayer That Jesus Taught Us?

A Reflection by Rev Dr Durrell Watkins

Creator which are in heaven…

            Infinite, omnipresent Spirit…

Hallowed be thy names.

            You are known by many names, all of which affirm your goodness.

Thy kin-dom come…

            May I become aware of your presence in my life…

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

            May your goodness be made manifest in my life.

Give us this day our daily bread…

            Your grace is equal to every need…

And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors;

            And as we release past hurts we are free indeed;

And lead us not into temptation…

            You never lead us into error…

But deliver us from evil…

            But instead you lead us from all that would keep us from flourishing…

For thine is the kin-dom and the power and the glory forever.

            For you are all presence, all power, and all love throughout eternity.

Amen.

            And so it is.