The Lord's Prayer in Brief by Benjamin Kutz - Abridged Version
1. What is prayer? Prayer is the converse of the heart with God; or an appeal to him to bestow blessings, or to avert evils. In the Lord's prayer we call on him, first, to confer some good, and second, to turn away some evil. David represents it as "the words of his mouth and the meditation of his heart." Psalm 19:14. It may be more fully defined as, a heart-felt address to the Supreme Being, consisting of adoration, confession of sin, supplication for pardon and blessings in conformity to the divine will, intercession, and thanksgiving. It may, however, consist of a single petition, be extemporaneous, written, or printed.
2. What is meant by family worship? The collecting together of the members of a family at stated periods, for divine worship.
3. How is the Lord's Prayer to be regarded in relationship to this subject? This model of prayer was evidently designed to teach us when and where, as well as for what, to pray. Its very structure plainly indicates that it is to be used daily, and in a family That it was designed to be a daily supplication, is evident from the fourth petition: give us this day our daily bread. That it was intended as a family prayer or a model of one, is no less clear from the general phraseology. It is not worded, my Father, but our Father who art in heaven; not give me, but give us; not forgive me, but forgive us; not lead me, but us not into temptation, etc.
4. Is family prayer alluded to in the Scriptures? Yes; frequently, and always as something with which God is pleased, while the neglect of it has provoked the expression of his abhorrence. In proof of this we refer the reader to:
"But God said, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him." Genesis 17:19 (NASB)
"If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24:15
"When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, "Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually." Job 1:5
These facts are all recorded to the praise of the individuals named, and in every instance God manifested his approbation. But God's indignation at the neglect of this duty is as strongly declared as his approval of its performance.
"Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You And on the families that do not call Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And have laid waste his habitation." Jeremiah 10:25
It is a solemn and a fearful fact, that those families that call not on God, are here numbered among the Heathen who know not God!
1. What is prayer? Prayer is the converse of the heart with God; or an appeal to him to bestow blessings, or to avert evils. In the Lord's prayer we call on him, first, to confer some good, and second, to turn away some evil. David represents it as "the words of his mouth and the meditation of his heart." Psalm 19:14. It may be more fully defined as, a heart-felt address to the Supreme Being, consisting of adoration, confession of sin, supplication for pardon and blessings in conformity to the divine will, intercession, and thanksgiving. It may, however, consist of a single petition, be extemporaneous, written, or printed.
2. What is meant by family worship? The collecting together of the members of a family at stated periods, for divine worship.
3. How is the Lord's Prayer to be regarded in relationship to this subject? This model of prayer was evidently designed to teach us when and where, as well as for what, to pray. Its very structure plainly indicates that it is to be used daily, and in a family That it was designed to be a daily supplication, is evident from the fourth petition: give us this day our daily bread. That it was intended as a family prayer or a model of one, is no less clear from the general phraseology. It is not worded, my Father, but our Father who art in heaven; not give me, but give us; not forgive me, but forgive us; not lead me, but us not into temptation, etc.
4. Is family prayer alluded to in the Scriptures? Yes; frequently, and always as something with which God is pleased, while the neglect of it has provoked the expression of his abhorrence. In proof of this we refer the reader to:
"But God said, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him." Genesis 17:19 (NASB)
"If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24:15
"When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, "Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually." Job 1:5
These facts are all recorded to the praise of the individuals named, and in every instance God manifested his approbation. But God's indignation at the neglect of this duty is as strongly declared as his approval of its performance.
"Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You And on the families that do not call Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And have laid waste his habitation." Jeremiah 10:25
It is a solemn and a fearful fact, that those families that call not on God, are here numbered among the Heathen who know not God!
The Lord's Prayer In Verse for Children
Our Father God, who art in heaven,
To thy great name be reverence given;
Thy peaceful kingdom wide extend,
And reign, O Lord! till time shall end.
Thy sacred will on earth be done,
As it is by angels round the throne;
And let us every day be fed
With earthly and with heavenly bread.
Our sins forgive, and teach us thus
To pardon those who injure us:
Our shield in all temptations prove,
And every evil far remove.
Thine is the kingdom to control,
And thine the power to save the soul;
Great be the glory of thy name,
Let every creature say‚ Amen.
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