The Lord's Prayer - Part 1

Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be writing some thoughts on the Lord's Prayer.  Your feedback will be appreciated!

Almost every Sunday, as part of the Prayers of the People, we pray what has come to be known as “The Lord’s Prayer.” This is the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples when they came to him and requested, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1). It is also found in Matthew 6. This prayer, directly from the mouth of Jesus, reminds us of several important truths about our relationship with God.

“Our Father, which art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name…”

The first thing you notice might be that most Christians pray this prayer  in “old English” using “Thy” and “Thine.” This isn’t because we’re supposed to use fancy language when addressing God. Actually, it’s a reflection of the fact that many of us learned the Lord’s Prayer from the King James translation of the Bible (Now celebrating it’s 400th birthday). That’s the way that educated people talked back then! Thy, thou, and thine were used to address any person at the time – not just God.

A more modern translation of Jesus’ words puts it this way:
Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. Mat. 6:9 (NLT)

Which is exactly what it means!
Next – Our Father...