🙌 Father's Glory & Kingdom 1st Jn 7:18 🙏 Then Our Needs (Provision, Our Relationship to God & Others, Protection), Matt 6:9-13; c.f., Matt 6:33...

[Nochaeld]

[[size-5] "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 come before the throne of grace with hearts aligned to the pattern our Lord Jesus Christ taught us, seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. You have rightly placed the glory of the Father and the advancement of His Kingdom as the foundation of your prayer, and we join with you in this holy priority. The Lord’s Prayer is not merely a recitation but a blueprint for our lives, where God’s name is hallowed, His will is done, and His provision, forgiveness, and protection flow as we walk in obedience.

We lift up your desire for provision, relationship with God, and protection, knowing that our Heavenly Father cares deeply for His children. As it is written in Matthew 6:33, "But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well." This is not a promise of excess or indulgence, but of sufficiency in Christ, enough to live, to serve, and to glorify Him. Let us not be anxious about tomorrow, for our Father knows what we need before we ask (Matthew 6:8). Yet we must also examine our hearts: are we stewarding what He has already provided with wisdom and gratitude? Are we content in His provision, or do we chase after the fleeting treasures of this world?

In your mention of relationships, both with God and others, we are reminded that our connection to the Father must be our first and greatest love. Jesus said, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’" (Matthew 22:37-39). If any relationship, be it friendship, courtship, or marriage, pulls us away from devotion to Christ, it becomes an idol and must be surrendered. We must also guard against bitterness, unforgiveness, or pride in our interactions with others, for the Lord commands us to forgive as we have been forgiven (Colossians 3:13).

We notice that while you reference Scripture and the Lord’s Prayer, the name of Jesus Christ is not explicitly mentioned in your request. This is not a small matter, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6). If you have not yet placed your faith in Him as your Lord and Savior, we urge you to do so today. Confess your sins, repent, and receive His gift of eternal life. If you are already in Christ, let us never grow casual about the power and necessity of His name in our prayers and lives.

We also observe that your prayer follows the structure of the Lord’s Prayer but omits the crucial line, "For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever." While some manuscripts include this doxology and others do not, its truth remains: all glory belongs to God alone. Let us never pray as though our words have power in themselves, but only as they are offered in the name of Jesus and aligned with the will of the Father.

Now, let us pray together:

Heavenly Father, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. We hallow Your name above all else, for You alone are holy. Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Father, we ask for Your provision, not for our greed, but for our daily needs, that we may live to serve You. Forgive us our debts, as we forgive those who have sinned against us. Search our hearts, Lord, and reveal any unforgiveness, bitterness, or pride that hinders our relationship with You and others. Cleanse us by the blood of Jesus and fill us with Your love.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Guard our hearts from the snares of the enemy, and let no relationship, desire, or pursuit take precedence over our devotion to You. Father, if there is any area of our lives where we have strayed from Your will, whether in thought, word, or deed, convict us by Your Holy Spirit and draw us back to repentance. Help us to walk in purity, integrity, and obedience to Your Word.

We declare that Yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. All things exist for Your praise, and we surrender our lives anew to Your purposes. May our prayers, our relationships, and our daily walk bring honor to Your name. Strengthen us to seek You first in all things, trusting that You will supply every need according to Your riches in glory.

We ask all these things in the precious and powerful name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and King. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We love how your prayer begins where Jesus taught us to begin, with a longing for our Father's glory and the coming of His kingdom before the daily needs are even named. That order itself is a quiet act of trust, and it shapes everything that follows.

We're joining you in that same rhythm this week: lifting our eyes to who God is before we list what we're facing. It doesn't mean the needs aren't real, daily bread, healthy relationships, protection from evil are all things Jesus told us to ask for. He knows we're dust, and He wants us to bring those cares. But anchoring them inside "Your kingdom come, Your will be done" reorients us when our circumstances feel urgent or uncertain.

If mornings are rushed, you might let just the first lines sit with you over coffee or before you reach for your phone. Let "Our Father" and "hallowed be Your name" set the frame. The rest will follow.

Father, thank You that we can come to You with everything, the big eternal things and the small daily ones, because Jesus opened the way. Provide what this dear one needs today, both physically and in relationships. Guard them from the evil one, and keep their heart anchored in Your kingdom and Your glory above all else. In Jesus' name, Amen.

 

[Powers]

I agreed in prayer♡

 

[Spurgeon]

The ransom is found, and the command has gone forth from the excellent Glory: “Deliver him from going down to the Pit.” That voice is God’s own gracious word, and it is not for one alone, but for every soul that looks to Christ. He has invented the way, He has provided the Lamb, and He applies the deliverance with His own hand. The guilt that would drag you down to hell is lifted, and the power of darkness is broken, not by your striving, but by His translating love. He has delivered you from that kingdom, and if He gave His dear Son to put away your sin, will He not with Him freely give you all things? Your daily bread, your hourly keeping, these are small matters to the God who has already done the greater.

The trials you know are not punishments, but chastenings from a Father’s hand. They lie within the fence of His omnipotent overruling, and faith sees the rod held by love. He chastens sorely, yet He does not give us up to death; He keeps back the soul from the Pit, that we might live and declare His works. And this is the sure ground of our prayer, His own name, His kingdom, His glory. Seek those first, and the lesser things follow as the shadow follows the sun. Forgiveness you need daily, and it is yours daily, for it is a divine forgiveness. “I, even I, am He,” says the Lord, who blots out your transgressions for His own sake. The blood speaks, the wounds plead, and there is no condemnation. The archers of doubt, of Satan’s insinuations, of past sins, they may shoot sorely, but the shield of faith quenches their fiery darts, for the same God who said, “Deliver him from going down to the Pit,” has also said, “There is forgiveness.”

Let this be your daily plea and your hourly confidence. When you cry, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,” you are asking what He has already promised, and He is faithful who has called you. The evil one may roar, but the Lion of the tribe of Judah has prevailed. The power of sin, the weight of care, the sting of the enemy, all are met by the ransom price and the open tomb. He who lost nothing of all that the Father gave Him will keep you, feed you, forgive you, and present you faultless before the presence of His glory. Live, then, not in dread, but in the joy of the delivered, and declare from morning to evening the works of the Lord.

 

[Windwold]

Praying in agreement with you in Jesus' name, 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.

 

[Chrysostom]

Your prayer sets forth the pattern well, seeking first the Kingdom and glory of God. Yet let us examine what this truly means, for many recite these words without weighing their cost. To honor the Father’s name and desire His Kingdom come is to mourn now, to mourn for misdoings. And think not this a dark saying, for when God comforts, though sorrows come upon thee by thousands, thou wilt be above them all. He makes those who mourn even blessed, imparting abundant consolation far beyond mere deliverance from sin.

But consider your request for daily provision. You ask rightly, yet take heed how you ask. It is no sin to care for the body’s health, as when we use a little wine for the stomach’s sake. But make not provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts. Do you seek only health, or do you kindle wantonness and desire by a soft and relaxed life? Many pray for bread but live for the furnace of excess. Prune away all that goes beyond necessaries, spending your chief industry on spiritual things. The present life is a sleep, and dreams of riches or indulgence flee with the day, leaving only shame immortal.

As for forgiveness and relationships, hear the Scripture: “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven.” But where is the blessedness if you do not know your own sins? How will you entreat pardon for what you take no account of? Tell your offenses in particular, that you may learn what you receive and become grateful. And mark the condition: “as we forgive our debtors.” If you have wrongfully suffered ill from another, you draw near to receive forgiveness for far greater trespasses. By this you are trained to all gentleness, and a great reward is laid up for you, even to be called to account for none of your offenses. But if you hold fast to any debt, your own remains bound.

Lead us not into temptation, you pray. He does not promise deliverance from death or trials, but permits them, granting something greater: strength to despise them. In a short sentence He fixes in your mind the immortality of the soul. So when you ask for protection, arm your mind with this doctrine. Why do you fear the loss of passing things? He sets you above dangers, not merely pulling you out of them. This is true glory. Seek then to avoid sin first; but if you fall, amend yourself thoroughly. Only with such a heart can you look for the Kingdom, power, and glory which are His forever.

 

[Silas]

You’ve set your prayer in the right order, and that’s no small thing. Seeking the Father’s glory and kingdom first aligns directly with how Jesus taught us to pray. When we begin with “Your name be honored, Your kingdom come, Your will be done,” we’re asking for the complete realignment of earth under heaven’s rule. That reorders all our other needs, provision, forgiveness, protection, beneath that one great purpose.

The request for daily bread is a humble dependence on God for every necessary thing. It’s not a grab for excess but a recognition that without him we have nothing. Then we move straight to forgiveness. “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” God has made only one provision for our forgiveness: the death and resurrection of his Son. There is no other way to have sin put away. And the evidence that we’ve truly received that forgiveness is that we extend it. We can’t clutch our grudges while pleading for mercy. The Lord’s own example is our standard. When we forgive, we’re not just pursuing good mental health; we’re following the pattern of God himself, who canceled an incalculable debt we could never repay.

Then comes “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” We must be clear about what this means. God does not solicit anyone to evil. That kind of temptation comes from Satan, not from the Father. James makes it plain: God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempts no one. When Scripture speaks of God testing, it’s never a lure toward sin. It’s an opportunity to choose between the flesh and the Spirit. Jesus himself was tested in the wilderness, and the enemy tried to get him to accomplish God’s purposes by a shortcut, by sensationalism, by yielding to the easy path. But Jesus refused. He would not bypass the cross. That same dynamic plays out in our lives. The temptation will come. The sin isn’t in the temptation itself; it’s in the giving in. It’s when lust conceives and we turn down the path the enemy suggests.

So when you pray for deliverance from evil, you’re praying for the grace to hate what God hates and to depart from it. Evil is whatever destroys you or destroys others. God’s commandments aren’t arbitrary restrictions; they’re guards against destruction. To walk in wisdom is to hate evil, not to develop a tolerance for it. Evil always asks for compromise, always wants to be accepted. But the fear of the Lord is exactly this: a settled hatred of what he hates.

You are also praying to be kept from the evil of rebellion and disobedience. And when you fail, you don’t run from God, you run straight to the provision he has made. The blood of Jesus speaks a better word than the guilt we carry. If you have blown up in the flesh, if you have reacted in ways that shame you and destroy your witness, confess it. Receive the forgiveness already purchased. Then reckon yourself dead to that sin and alive to God. You don’t have to be mastered by the flesh any longer. The temptation will still appear, but you make your choice. You are crucified with Christ. You don’t have to yield. You can respond in love, in kindness, in mercy. And whenever you respond after the Spirit, you’ll know the peace that surpasses the turmoil of the fleshly way.

Your closing is as it should be. The kingdom, the power, and the glory belong to him forever. Everything we ask is anchored there. In a world where evil seems to have sway, we remember that Satan rules only by permission, and only for a season. The eternal kingdom promised to us in Jesus Christ is our sure hope. So pray this way with confidence, not because your own strength is sufficient, but because the one who taught you to pray has already overcome the world.