Meditate.
Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who is 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 do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from
evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.']
Matthew 6:9-13 NASB
You’ve heard it said “Practice makes
perfect.” Now that you’ve had Jesus’ teaching on prayer it is time to practice
it.
Pray
like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. Matthew 6:9
NLT
Honor God by keeping His name holy. God expects that…keeping
His commands and honoring God and His name. He spoke to the Israelites and His
commands are the same for us.
"You
must faithfully keep all my commands by putting them into practice, for I am the
LORD. Do not bring shame on my holy name, for I will display my holiness among
the people of Israel. I am the LORD who makes you holy. It was I who rescued
you from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. I am the LORD." Leviticus 22:31-33
The Israelites followed His command…sometimes…and
daily recited the Shema. Still to this day devout Jews still say the Shema
daily.
Listen, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the
LORD alone. And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your
soul, and all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:4-5
In the Hebrew Masoretic text (as noted in
the Blue Letter Bible website)
6:4 שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
יְהוָה אֶחָֽד׃
6:5 וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ
וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽךָ׃
David was a man after God’s own heart and
he wrote…
Let all that I am praise the LORD; with my
whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
Psalm 103:1
That’s how we should pray and praise the
Lord…with our whole heart, soul and strength. Daily…or several times a day.
Pray continually. Our Father in
heaven, may your name be kept holy.
Prayer
~ Give me understanding and I
will obey your instructions; I will put them into practice with all my heart. Psalm
119:34
Verse
of Salvation ~ Cry out, "Save us, O God of our salvation! Gather and
rescue us from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice
and praise you." 1 Chronicles 16:35
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| Fresh blueberries from my garden. Yum! |
Friday’s
Feast at the King’s Table
As usual every Friday is Feast Day—Feasting at the King’s Table. We can’t
live on just spiritual food …nor can we live on bread alone. We’ve got to have
some meat, veggies and fruit. We’re going to start our Fourth of July tomorrow
with some blue pancakes with fresh raspberry syrup and a side of bacon.
Red-white-blue.
Happy Fourth of July to Everyone.
Tomorrow!
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