The Lord's prayer begins with: "Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
We begin by bowing our hearts before God and in humble submission to Him we express our respect for God's Holy name and our desire for His kingdom and for His will to be accomplished, which will be done even if we do not pray. No one can hinder the will of God; no one can stop Him from performing His sovereign will upon our earth and in our lives.
We close in prayer by honoring God's name again. “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen” (Matt. 6:13b kjv).
The purpose for which this earth and all its people were created, the end for which all Christians are called, and the main goal He desires we seek with all our hearts is that in all things He may be glorified. (Ryle, Matthew, 39)
“In all Christian prayer the overriding motivation is to glorify God and to discover his will for our lives. We glorify God by seeking to know his will, by beseeching him to disclose his will to us. We also glorify God when we seek his aid in order to accomplish his will.” (Donald G. Bloesch, The Struggle of Prayer, 71.)
Our chief purpose for praying and God answering is that He may receive all the glory and His name be praised. With one heart and mouth we are called to glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 15:6).
Now may we offer the following Scripture prayer to our great and glorious God:
We begin by bowing our hearts before God and in humble submission to Him we express our respect for God's Holy name and our desire for His kingdom and for His will to be accomplished, which will be done even if we do not pray. No one can hinder the will of God; no one can stop Him from performing His sovereign will upon our earth and in our lives.
We close in prayer by honoring God's name again. “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen” (Matt. 6:13b kjv).
The purpose for which this earth and all its people were created, the end for which all Christians are called, and the main goal He desires we seek with all our hearts is that in all things He may be glorified. (Ryle, Matthew, 39)
“In all Christian prayer the overriding motivation is to glorify God and to discover his will for our lives. We glorify God by seeking to know his will, by beseeching him to disclose his will to us. We also glorify God when we seek his aid in order to accomplish his will.” (Donald G. Bloesch, The Struggle of Prayer, 71.)
Our chief purpose for praying and God answering is that He may receive all the glory and His name be praised. With one heart and mouth we are called to glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 15:6).
Now may we offer the following Scripture prayer to our great and glorious God:
O Holy Spirit, You are God’s guarantee that You will give me the inheritance God promised and that You have purchased me to be Your own. You did this so I would praise and glorify You. Through Jesus, therefore, I will constantly and at all times offer up to You, O God, a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify Your name. “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.” “I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.”
(Ephesians 1:14 NLT, Hebrews 13:15 AMP paraphrased; Psalm 69:30 NIV, Psalm 86:12 NIV not paraphrased).
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