Presidents Day 2011 Prayer!

"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"

Good Monday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and it is Monday and Spring at the Southern Location of the North Pole is over and winter has returned. Monday, and on this Presidents Day we will pray for our presidents and also today let's pray for our past Presidents. Also, I have two questions today, one is - can you tell me which former presidents are not buried in America, and there are a few. Do you know your history? Next, in many school districts today, Presidents Day is used for snow makeup, and no one says a word, yet when we use Martin Luther King Day for a snow makeup it catches heat from the press. While all the men are great, either use them both, or neither. Make up school in the spring... or Saturdays.

Also on Mondays we pray for all those who are in the Military, our veterans, our police, firefighters and all who work to keep us safe and healthy...

The Big Trip 11-1 Prayer 1: Matthew 6:9 - "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. 10 Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 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)

It is time again to take a good look at the prayer our Lord Jesus taught us to pray. We refer to it as The Lord's Prayer, but it is indeed our prayer... Do you attend a church that uses The Lord's Prayer weekly or maybe on just special occasions? Maybe Your church does not use it much at all. Folks, it is a wonderful prayer, but years ago I had to really take a look at it and at me, for I found out that I was really not praying the prayer but just saying it. Where do you fit in on this... If at church and you were all praying This Master's Peace (Piece) of a prayer and your leader dropped out, would the rest go on or just drop the ball? Folks, it happened to me as I was leading a service at Hope United Methodist Church and I did not have The Prayer in the bulletin, and I lost my place, and everyone stopped. Then "Miss Kim", Kim Murphy, who was and still is the choir director, picked up on it knowing I was in trouble and started praying it. Others joined in and this old man was bailed out.

So this got me thinking, do I say the prayer or pray the prayer? So I looked into it and looked at the meaning of it and what all was in it and preached on it. I also wrote on it several times each time asking God to give it to me fresh. Again starting tomorrow I am going to write on it, we are going to study the prayer this week. So please by all means use it this week. What does it mean to you? Say it and pray it, study it with me. What does it mean? We will dig into it tomorrow, right now, let's go to prayer and yes, you just know the prayer already for today.

"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 doing what is in that prayer and also sharing your blessings... Love ya, Pastor Dan.