"Our Father Who Art in Heaven" - 5 February 2017
Drawn from the Heidelberg
Catechism on the Lord’s Prayer
Our Father Who art in heaven:
we come to you trusting and rejoicing that you are our Father through Jesus
Christ, and that you will answer us, as promised, with as much readiness as,
and more readiness than, our earthly parents. And we trust that we may expect
from your almighty power all things necessary for body and soul. Hear us,
Father, as we pray.
Hallowed be thy name:
Enable us rightly to know, reverence, magnify, and praise you in all your works,
through which shine forth your power, wisdom, goodness, justice, mercy, and
truth; and likewise to so order our whole life, in thought, word, and work,
that your name may never be blasphemed, but honored and praised on our account.
Thy kingdom come:
Preserve and increase your Church, to include this congregation and these
churches in the greater OKC area: Korean
First Presbyterian Church; Korean Nazarene Church; Lakehoma Church of Christ;
Lakeside Church of God; Landmark Baptist Church; Life Church and all of its
campuses; and so govern us by your Word and Spirit that we may submit
ourselves unto you always more and more. Destroy the works of the devil; destroy
every power that exalts itself against you; and destroy all wicked devices
formed against your holy Word until the full coming of your kingdom where you
shall be all in all.
Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven: Grant
that we and all people – the U.S.A., our Oklahoma State Senators, such as Joseph Silk; Frank Simpson; Jason
Smalley; John Sparks; Rob Standridge; Gary Stanislawski; and Anthony Sikes;
the nations and leaders of the world, such as, János Áder; Guðni Jóhannesson; Pranab Mukherjee; Joko Widodo; Hassan
Rouhani and Ayatollah Sayyed Ali
Khamenei – may
renounce our own will, and yield ourselves, without gainsaying, to your will,
which alone is good; that so every one may fulfill their task and calling as
willingly and truly as the angels do in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread:
Be pleased to provide for all our bodily need, those down with the flu, the
ailing and aged, the poor and penniless, and all in need….that we may thereby
know that you are the only fountain of all good, and so place that trust alone
in you.
And forgive us our debts as we forgive our
debtors: Be pleased, for the sake of Christ, to
forgive our transgressions and evils; and as we find this witness of your grace
in us, may our full purpose be to heartily forgive our neighbor. Lord, hear us
as we now mention those we need to forgive….Forgive them, forgive us, and give
us renewed willingness to forgive them.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil: Since we are so weak in ourselves
that we cannot stand even for a moment, while our deadly enemies—the devil, the
world, and our own flesh—assail us without ceasing; be pleased to preserve and
strengthen us by the power of your Holy Spirit, that we may stand firm against
them until we come off at last with complete victory!
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