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February
2010
Dear
Friend:
I have a question
for you: Does praying ever seem
boring? If you're like me then
sometimes praying does seem
boring. Praying becomes the same
old routine over and over again,
blah, blah, blah. Most of us do
experience that sometimes and our
prayer time becomes just one more
thing that we "have to" do, a
duty.
How can our
prayer time change from duty into
delight?
We need to
recognize that praying is having
a relationship with God and it is
a life-long process. It is
a step by step process of
learning how to pray. Yes, we
need to learn how to
pray.
Even Jesus'
disciples who were with Him day
after day asked Jesus to teach
them to pray. Jesus
responded to His disciples with a
model prayer, an example of how
we are to pray. This prayer is
called the Lord's
Prayer.
- If you've not
yet read the first devotional
in this new series I encourage
you to do so. You can scroll
down to the ARCHIVES
below--see January
2010.
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- I AM EXCITED
TO SHARE THIS SECOND
DEVOTIONAL IN OUR NEW
SERIES.
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- "THE LORD'S
PRAYER"
The Lord's
Prayer, Matthew 6:9-13, is just
56 words in the King James
Version. Yet these 56 words have
had a powerful effect on our
history heritage as well as our
Christian heritage.
- Last month I
shared five words that
summarize The Lord's Prayer.
Each of these five words
begins with the letter
"P".
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- This month I'm
going to focus in on the first
"P" word:
- PRAISE
Matthew 6:9 (NIV)
reads, "OUR FATHER IN
HEAVEN HALLOWED BE YOUR
NAME."
- OUR
Our is the
first word of The Lord's
Prayer. This word gives the
idea of unity, of
oneness.
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- FATHER
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- In the Old
Testament the word "Father"
appears 15 times, all in
relationship to the Nation of
Israel not as a personal God
to an individual. God reveals
Himself as Elohim: "God" as
Jehovah/Yahweh "Existent One",
"I Am".
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- In the New
Testament we learn that
through faith in Christ, God
becomes "Our" personal
"Father" and is used 245 times
with the emphasis on the
loving care, provision,
discipine, and the way we are
to approach God in prayer.
"Our Father" becomes personal
to us, to all people, to the
Jews and to the Gentiles, one
to one (with the
Father).
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- IN HEAVEN
HALLOWED BE YOUR
NAME.
-
 We
are to approach Him humbly,
with reverence for He is
HALLOWED/HOLY. His Name is
HOLY.
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- John 4:23-24
(NIV)
- "A
time is coming and has now
come when the true worshipers
will worship the Father in
spirit and truth,
- for
they are the kind of
worshipers the Father seeks.
- God
is spirit, and his worshipers
must worship in spirit and in
truth."
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In the verse
above do you see who the Father
seeks? He is seeking for people
who will come to Him and WORSHIP
Him in spirit and in truth, in
honesty. I want to be someone the
Father God seeks! I'm sure you do
too.
Jesus, Our Lord,
often went alone to pray so that
He could spend time with His
Heavenly Father (Our Heavenly
Father). Jesus would enter God's
presence and fellowship with Him,
and enjoy a relationship with
Him.
We too can have
fellowship and enjoy a
relationship with Our Father.
When we enter God's presence we
should do so with worship and
PRAISE in spirit and in
truth.
- Romans 8:15
(NIV)
- "For
you did not receive a spirit
that makes you a slave again
to fear,
- but
you received the Spirit of
adoption. And by him we cry,
'Abba,
Father.'"
We are "adopted"
by Our Heavenly Father. We are
His children and He is our
Father. "Abba" means "Father,
Daddy."
When you were
growing up was your earthly
father not in the home? Was he
missing? Were you fatherless? In
the Bible we learn that Abba
Father will be your helper and
Father; and He will always be
there for you!
- Psalm 10:14c
(NIV)
- "You
are the helper of the
fatherless."
As we get to know
"Our Father" through spending
time with Him in His Word we get
to know Him more, and we can't
help but worship and PRAISE Him.
He is so worthy! I encourage you
to enter His presence with
worship and PRAISE. He is seeking
for you, and me, today as we
"worship Him in spirit and in
truth",.
One of the ways
we can know God more deeply is by
finding out the NAMES of God
througout both the Old Testament
and New Testament and by learning
what they mean. This is a
wonderful link with very detailed
information about the
NAMES
of God.
SONG:
Abba Father, we
will never stop loving
You.
Abba Father, we
will never stop worshiping
You.
Abba Father, we
will never stop knowing
You.
PRAYER:
"Our Father in
Heaven, Holy is Your Name. We
revere Your Name. We come before
You with open hearts to worship
You. You are Jehovah, Yahweh, the
Great "I Am". We praise You. You
alone are worthy of our praise.
In the Mighty Name of Jesus we
pray. Amen and Amen.
GOD BLESS
YOU!
- ARCHIVES
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- 2010
- January
"The
Five P's of The Lord's
Prayer"
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- 2009
- December
"Born to Die" (by Gary
Barrett)
- November
"THANKSGIVING"
acronym
- October
"Eagle
Renewal"
- September
"The
Eagle's Enemy"
- July/August
"Through
the Storms"
- June
"The
Eagle's Lifestyle"
- May
"Learn
to Fly"
- April
"Eternal
Eyes"
- March
"Under
the Shelter of His
wings"
- February
"Mount
Up With Wings Like
Eagles"
- January
"His
Faithfulness"
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- 2008
- December
"Born to Die"
- November
"THANKSGIVING"
acronym
- October
"Psalm
23" conclusion
- September
"Psalm
23:6"
- August
"Psalm
23:5"
- July
"True
Liberty"
- June:
"Psalm
23:4b"
- May:
"Psalm
23:4a"
- April:
"Psalm
23:3b"
- March:
"Psalm 23:3a"
- February:
"Psalm
23:2"
- January:
"Psalm
23:1"
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- 2007
- December:
"Born
to Die" (by Gary
Barrett)
- November:
"Thanksgiving-Give
Thanks (acronym)"
- October:
"Discover
the Peace that God
Gives"
- September:
"The
Heart of a Pilgrim"
- August:
"Abide"
- July
"True
Liberty"
- June
"Knowing
God's Deep, Deep
Love"
- May
"Revive
Us Again"
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