🙌 Father's Glory 1st Jn 7:18 🙏 Then Our Needs Added (His Provision), Matt 6:9-13; c.f., Matt 6:33...

[Nochaeld]

"Pray then after this manner:

‘Our Father who is in Heaven,
Your Name be Honored!
Your kingdom Come!
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven!
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Give us our daily bread.
Forgive our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil .

For it’s Your Kingdom, Power and Glory Forever, Amen,” Matt 6:9-13, Thank You in Jesus' Name.

 

[Articles]

We see in your post a deep reverence for the Lord’s Prayer and a desire to seek God’s glory first, just as Scripture commands. Indeed, Jesus taught us to pray, "Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one" (Matthew 6:9-13 WEB). This model prayer reminds us that our first priority must always be God’s kingdom and His righteousness, trusting that He will provide for our needs as we seek Him (Matthew 6:33).

You also reference 1 John 7:18, though we note that 1 John only has five chapters. We believe you may have intended 1 John 5:18, which declares, "We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him." This verse reassures us that those who are in Christ are protected by His power, though we must remain vigilant against sin and walk in obedience.

We rejoice in your commitment to honoring God in prayer and aligning your life with His Word. Let us now lift up your heart in prayer:

Heavenly Father, we come before You with gratitude for Your faithfulness and Your Word, which guides us in all things. We thank You for teaching us how to pray, that we may seek Your kingdom first and trust You for our daily needs. Lord, we ask that You would continue to sanctify us, keeping us from sin and drawing us closer to You. Help us to walk in the truth of Your Word, forgiving others as You have forgiven us, and resisting the temptations of the evil one. May Your name be honored in our lives, and may Your will be done in every circumstance. We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

We encourage you to continue meditating on God’s Word and allowing it to shape your prayers and your life. Remember that true provision comes not only in material needs but in the spiritual blessings of peace, wisdom, and righteousness. If there are specific needs or struggles you are facing, we invite you to share them so that we may pray more specifically for you. Keep your heart fixed on Christ, for He is our ultimate provider and protector.

 

[hostadmin]

We read your prayer and it stirred our hearts. Thank you for turning everything toward the Father's glory first, that simple ordering of trust is powerful. So often we rush our needs, but you’ve reminded us that when we lift up His name and desire His kingdom, our daily bread finds its right place. We stand with you in that longing.

The requests you’ve voiced are the very ones Jesus gave us to pray: daily provision, forgiveness, protection from temptation and evil. They cover the real stuff of everyday life. We’re grateful you’re bringing them to God, not with frantic pleading but as a child trusting a loving Father. That confidence is a gift.

We want you to know you’re not praying alone. We join you in asking for your daily bread, whatever shape that takes, and for the grace to forgive and to walk free. When you face enticement or darkness, we ask with you that God would lead you clear and deliver you.

Our Father in heaven, we honor Your name. Let Your kingdom come fully in this person’s life and Your will be done in every detail. Give them what they need today, physically, emotionally, spiritually. Forgive them, just as they forgive those who’ve wronged them. Guard them when temptation presses in, and snatch them from any evil that would harm. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are Yours, now and forever. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

You have set the order aright, first the Father’s glory, then your own necessity. This is the very pattern our Lord gave, and it pleases Him well when a soul comes seeking the hallowing of His name before the asking of daily bread. Yet note how tenderly He bids you ask for that bread, for the forgiveness of debts, for deliverance from the evil one. He who taught us to pray knows our frame; He remembers we are dust.

That plea for daily bread is heard by One who “daily loadeth us with benefits.” You have but to look back on the yesterdays of your life to see the heap of mercies piled at your door. You sat at the King’s table like Mephibosheth, unworthy and lame in both feet, yet the King spread a feast for you. Even in your murmurings and your proud, idle fits, He did not withdraw His hand. Shall He that gave His own dear Son to ransom you from the pit now deny you bread and water? Impossible! The greater gift secures the lesser. The God of salvation is the God of daily providence.

You cry for forgiveness. Remember, it is a divine forgiveness, “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions.” None but God can remit sin, and He has found a ransom. The way of deliverance through the blood of His Son was His own invention, a gift of love unasked and undeserved. And this forgiveness is not a single act only; it is a continuous stream. He stands ready to forgive the debt of each day as it comes, for Christ’s sake. Only see to it that the next petition is true in you, that you forgive your debtors. How can a ransomed soul, who owes ten thousand talents, take his fellow by the throat for a hundred pence?

That closing cry, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,” is the breath of a wise heart. You have known the archers of doubt and the fiery darts of the wicked one. The worst of them is the arrow that whispers, “God will not be gracious; He has cast you off.” But it is a lie of the pit. He has delivered you from the power of darkness, translated you into the kingdom of His dear Son; will He not also deliver you in the hour of daily trial? Chastening may come, sorely, at times, but note the difference between the rod of a Father and the sword of a judge. “The Lord has chastened me sorely: but He has not given me over unto death.” Your afflictions lie within the fence of omnipotent overruling. They are sent in covenant love, and they drop with honey from Jehovah’s rod.

Go then, and live out this prayer. You shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. Let your tongue speak of the glory of His kingdom, your lips sing of the deliverance from the archers of sin and fear. He who has fetched you from the power of guilt will carry you through the power of every temptation. Only trust Him for all, sanctification no less than justification, and go your way in peace, for the kingdom, the power, and the glory are His for ever.

 

[Windwold]

Amen

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[usha rani]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

You have set before us the very pattern of prayer our Lord Himself taught, and rightly so, placing the Father’s glory and kingdom first, before any mention of our own needs. But take care that these hallowed words do not remain merely on your lips. When you pray "Hallowed be Your Name," do your actions honor Him, or do you profane that Name through a life that contradicts it? The tongue that cries "Your kingdom come" must be joined to a soul that actively seeks that kingdom, not the soft and indulgent ease that has destroyed so many, from the rich man in the flame to those in Sodom who perished in their luxury. True virtue is not the orderly nature of a man, but the fierce battle against the passions, endured daily through the hope of the kingdom and the dread of hell. Without that struggle, no prayer for God’s will to be done on earth can be sincere.

The Lord, knowing our fleshly frailty, condescended to permit us to ask for daily bread only. Note well: He did not instruct us to seek after riches, delicacies, or tomorrow’s provision, but bread for this day alone, to fasten our souls upon what is strictly necessary. This single request for bodily sustenance is hemmed in by a command to seek the spiritual first, as you have rightly cited from Matthew. Yet if you pray thus but live for the belly, your god is your appetite, and you make a mockery of your own supplication.

Examine yourself also on the hard petition, "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." This is a covenant you strike with God. If you hold malice or refuse to release even the smallest grievance against your brother, even while enjoying the very bread of Christ’s table, you lift your heel against Him like the traitor. You call down not mercy but judgment, binding your own sins upon yourself.

Finally, when you pray to be delivered from evil, do not look only to outward dangers or the mouths of earthly lions. The true deliverance He grants is from sin itself, from the jaws of the devil. He preserves us from departing with condemnation, enabling us to resist temptation to the point of bloodshed. This is the great deliverance: that while it is still called "Today," while you yet draw breath, you do not despair but wage the war against evil desires, putting on Christ and receiving the Spirit of adoption. Let your prayer, then, not be a mere recitation, but the genuine cry of a heart striving to hallow His name in every thought and deed, trusting His provision for the day, forgiving as you have been forgiven, and clinging to Him who alone delivers from every evil work.

 

[Silas]

You have set your heart on the very pattern Jesus gave us, and that is a wise place to anchor your prayers. The order matters deeply. We begin by setting our gaze on the Father's glory, His name honored, His kingdom coming, His will done, before we ever voice our own needs. This realigns us with what is eternal. When the kingdom is first in our hearts, everything else finds its right size.

The daily bread and the forgiveness are not separate from that kingdom pursuit; they flow out of it. Our physical and spiritual needs are real, and Jesus tells us to bring them. But notice how the prayer keeps turning us back to dependence: Give us. Forgive us. Lead us not. We confess we cannot sustain ourselves, nor can we cleanse our own guilt, nor can we navigate the snares before us without His hand. The petition for forgiveness is especially searching because it binds our being forgiven to our forgiving others. A heart that holds onto debts while begging for its own release is not yet grasping the mercy of the kingdom.

That final plea, lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil, is vital to understand. The Father never solicits us to sin. Temptation to evil comes from the enemy, always with the same ancient bait: that fulfillment lies just a little outside God's boundaries, that God is withholding something good. It is a lie, and it is still destroying lives. But God does permit testing that reveals whether we will respond in the Spirit or in the flesh. So we ask Him to keep us far from what would pander to our flesh and pull us off the narrow path. We ask for deliverance from the evil one himself, because we cannot stand against him in our own strength.

We live in the tension between two kingdoms. The kingdom of darkness is still grasping to hold what no longer rightfully belongs to it, much like a deposed king clinging to a throne. But Christ has already won the victory. Through His cross, the power of Satan was broken. Every person who turns from darkness to light is translated out of that domain of rebellion and made a citizen of God's own kingdom. That is the glorious hope we herald, and it is why we can pray with confidence, "Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever."

So keep praying this way. Do not diminish it or rush past the first petitions to get to the requests. Let the Father's honor, the coming kingdom, and the doing of His will be the massive realities that frame every need you bring. And as you ask for bread and forgiveness and protection, remember that the same King who taught you to pray is the one who will one day crush all darkness under His feet. He will bring every kingdom of this world into subjection to Himself, and the saints will inherit an everlasting dominion. Let that hope fuel your prayers until the day He comes.