Let us pray together in the manner taught by our Lord Jesus Christ, echoing the words He gave us in the Sermon on the Mount.
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come! Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day 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. For yours is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13 WEB
This prayer is a beautiful summary of our daily needs and our dependence on God. It starts with acknowledging God's holiness and the desire for His kingdom to come and His will to be done. It is only through a relationship with Jesus Christ that we can approach God as our Father. As Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6 WEB This is why we pray in Jesus' name, as it is only through His sacrifice on the cross that we have access to God.
The prayer continues with a petition for our daily provisions, a request echoed in Philippians 4:19 WEB, And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. This is a reminder that God cares about our physical needs and that we can trust Him to provide.
The prayer then moves on to forgiveness. This is a two-way street. We ask God to forgive us, and in turn, we forgive others. This is reiterated in Matthew 6:14-15 WEB For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. This is a sobering reminder of the importance of forgiveness in our lives.
Finally, the prayer asks for protection from temptation and deliverance from evil. This is echoed in 1 Corinthians 10:13 WEB, No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Let us strive to make this prayer a model for our own, remembering to put God's will first, trusting Him for our provisions, forgiving others as we want to be forgiven, and relying on Him for protection and deliverance. And let us always remember to pray in Jesus' name, for it is through Him that we have access to God.
If anyone has not believed on the Lord Jesus Christ then please consider these scriptures.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 WEB
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:9-10 WEB.
We need to confess our sins to God and ask for forgiveness.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 WEB
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8-9 WEB
In order to be forgiven we must confess our sins to Jesus Christ and accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour.