February 23, 2011 Prayer 3

"Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen"

Salvation Wednesday, Salvation Wednesday. Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, it is Wednesday and that means it is SALVATION WEDNESDAY, and the day we pray for not only the lost, but for all of us who are found, saved, born again, washed in the blood, and real followers of Jesus Christ, reach out to others and try our very, very best to get them to the feet of Jesus to be saved... Brothers and sisters, if you are like me and have been keeping a watch on the world news you know we are in end times. Please pray for the families of those Americans who were shot and killed by pirates. Those folks who were killed were doing what they like to do, they were Catholic Missionaries and giving out Bibles along their way.

The Big Trip week 11 day 3 Prayer day 3: Matthew 6:9 - This, then, is how you should pray: "Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen" (KJV)

Today as we start looking into The Lord's Prayer, as we respectfully call the prayer that our Lord Jesus first taught us, we take a look at "Hallowed be Thy Name." The word "Hallowed" means this according to a book I rarely look at, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: I find that "Hallowed" means "make or set apart as being Holy", "Sanctified", "Consecrated."

So let me break that down a little for you. Holy Father, a term that should be used for God. God our Father who resides in heaven and His name, The Name Father is Sanctified... It is a name above all names, one we should hold as Holy and it should, since it is a name above all names, be made and kept Holy. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God our Father. While we all have or had an earthly father, please note the small f used in that. There is a lot of differences between our Heavenly Father and our earthly fathers. Of course the term father is used by a lot of churches when referring to their pastor. One who leads a family is called a father and surely those churches that refer to their pastors as father are doing so out of respect for the one who leads their "church family". George Washington has many times been referred to the "father of our country"

God, our Heavenly Father, is the Father of all of us, be we believers in Christ Jesus or turn our backs on Him. Now the big difference here as I see it, those of us who believe and are born again will see our Father in Heaven, face to face in Heaven and get to live with Him there, while those who do not believe will be turned away on Judgment day. As for what my kids call me, well it goes from dad to daddy e o. I called my dad "Pop", and I really like that name. I can remember just calling to him like it was yesterday... Hey Pop, or Hi Pop." My grandkids call me Pappy. I love it... Our flock at The Bridges call me "Pastor" and that is one big, big name to hold up to. Pastor is one who takes care of his flock, like a shepherd takes care of his.

Our Father who art in Heaven, HOLY is Thy Name...

Let's look at part of the next line now. "Thy Kingdom come." Here, folks, like it or not, we are praying for the return of our Lord Jesus. This is why it is so important to get the word out to others. John The Baptist said it, "REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR." (Matthew 3:1/2) Jesus said it, REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR." (Matthew 4:17), and folks, now we need to be really telling others this, all of us who are born again need to be telling others this... If we are not telling others this we are not doing our job. We are to be telling the Good, GOOD news of Jesus Christ and what is the good news and how do they get it? The good news is of course the return of Jesus and they need to get it from us and from the pastors of GOOD CHURCHES WHERE THE REAL TRUTH IS PREACHED. What should we be telling others? "REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR." Then we should be teaching and showing them about the good news, and what they can enjoy with Jesus even before His return to us. And remember as we pray, when we pray this prayer our Lord Jesus taught us to pray, we are praying for His return when we pray "Thy Kingdom Come." Let's go to prayer now, and yes, we are going to pray the Lord's prayer again today. Everything we need to pray is in this prayer, you can find it all... Let's pray.

"Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen"

Now go forth and share those blessings that God has given to you, and share this message right from the Bible... "REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR." Amen. Love ya, Pastor Dan.