The Lord’s Prayer

The Lords prayer, starts with “Our Father who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name”. This is an acknowledgment of his omnipresence and authority, via the lifting of his particular name. Then it says ” Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done”. Which basically says that his kingdom will eventually rule and that his “Will” supersedes any other in this Universe. Then it says “Give us our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us”. Now this is where it says, please provide us with all that we need in terms of nourishment and sustenance and forgive us of our wrong doing as we forgive those who have done us wrong in life just the same. This is where the challenge begins for us. And that is to forgive those who have hurt us. And that is something rather difficult to do for us, because of the pride we have in ourselves and our survival skills and deep down, we feel it to be somewhat of a weakness to be forgiving and kind. Then it proceeds to conclude by saying “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever, Amen”. Which basically asks God, never to lead us into temptation but to deliver us from evil, for his is the true kingdom of heaven in all of its glory, for ever and into eternity. Which is interesting because God does not tempt anyone to do evil because the adversary of God “Satan” is doing that, that is his sole purpose and role. So in essence we are asking the lord to deliver us from the evil that offers us a plethora of sinful temptations. Therefore, it becomes absolutely necessary for us to forgive others, if we are also to be forgiven by God. As difficult as this is to do, the bible makes this very clear. That unless one forgives others, he or she cannot be forgiven. Therefore it is our duty as Christians to show love and forgiveness towards sinners of every kind, be they gay people, child molesters, drug addicts, porn addicts, and even haters and murderers. A most difficult request by God, Yet one that transcends the brokenness of the human spirit.

By showing and sharing the love of Christ with all people, despite their transgressions, we offer them a notion, that it is possible to change a blackened and hateful heart into a clean one through the mercy and grace of Jesus Christ, savior of the world. When we approach another without Judgementalism, we bridge the gap of humanity that the devil creates. Satan wanted to condemn us all to hell, just as he was. This is why, he made sure we became rebellious like him in order to adopt a life of sin and eventually end up like him