Then
He was praying in a certain place,
And
when He stopped, one of His disciples said to Him,
Lord
teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.
And
He said the them, When you pray, say, [Our] Father,
[Who
is in Heaven,] hallowed be Your Name,
Your
Kingdom come, Your will be done—held Holy and Revered--
On
earth as it is in Heaven.
Give
us this day our daily bread (food for the morrow),
And
forgive us our sins,
For
we ourselves also forgive every one who is indebted to us--
Who
has offended us or done us wrong;
And
bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from evil.
(Luke
11:1-4, AMP)
The
first thing we do when we pray is to acknowledge
That
God is our Father; He is our Creator;
He
created each one of us and all that exists,
And
that He is not of this world; His Kingdom is in Heaven
Even
though He is present everywhere, filling everything.
Listen
to the apostle Paul:
[For
I always pray] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
The
Father of Glory,
That
He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation--
Of
insight into mysteries and secrets--
In
[deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,
By
having the eyes of your heart flooded with light,
So
you can know and understand the Hope to which He has called you
And
how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints—His set-apart
ones.
And
[so that you can know and understand]
What
is the IMMEASURABLE and UNLIMITED and SURPASSING GREATNESS
Of
His power in and for us who believe,
As
demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength,
Which
He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead
And
seated Him at His [Own] right hand in Heavenly [Places],
Far
above ALL RULE and AUTHORITY and POWER and DOMINION,
And
every name that is named—above every title that can be conferred--
NO
only in this AGE and in this world,
But
also in the AGE and the world which are to come.
And
He has put ALL THINGS under His feet
And
has appointed Him the UNIVERSAL AND SUPREME HEAD of the Church
(A
headship exercised throughout the Church), [Ps. 8:6.]
Which
is His Body, the FULLNESS of Him Who fills ALL in ALL--
For
in that Body lives the FULL MEASURE of Him
Who
makes EVERYTHING COMPLETE,
And
Who FILLS EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE [with Himself].
(Ephesians
1:17-23, AMP)
This
is the God we are addressing when we pray as we ought to pray.
And
He is Holy and Commands that we be Holy as He is Holy. (1 Peter 1:16)
Then
we pray that His Kingdom come to earth as in Heaven;
That
the kingdom of this world, Satan's kingdom, be ABOLISHED,
As
we know that is exactly what happens at the return of Christ Jesus.
We
are in fact praying for the soon return of Christ Jesus.
Then
and only then will God's will be done on earth as in Heaven.
We
are also praying that the Kingdom of God be established
In
each one of us, and in His Body the Church,
Bringing
the Kingdom of God to earth as in Heaven in measure.
We
pray for our daily bread, the food to sustain us,
Understanding
that we do not live by bread alone
But
by every world that comes from the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4)
Also
understanding that as we seek first and above all else,
The
Kingdom of God, everything we have need of
Will
be provide to us by the Father. (Matthew 6:33)
As
we pray we freely forgive those who wrong us
As
we know that is the only way that the Father can forgive us.
(Matthew
6:15)
We
pray that we will not be tempted by EVIL
And
we know that temptation does not come from God
But
from the Evil One and our own evil desires. (James 1:14)
What
Hope is there for America? Just one!
That
America will REPENT and turn to God.
And
this turning to God must begin in the Church of God;
The
Church that has become as worldly as the world.
If
America continues to Murder the unborn and defy the Word of God
It
is FINISHED.
Today,
the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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