The Lord’s Prayer Through Eyes of Self-Examination
Can you pray the Lord’s Prayer without being a hypocrite?
- I cannot say “Our Father” if I’ve not been born again.
- I cannot say “which art In heaven” if I’m focused on things of earth.
- I cannot say “hallowed be thy name” if I am not honoring God’s name with my life.
- I cannot say “Thy kingdom come” if I am not prepared for His coming.
- I cannot say “Thy will be done” if I am determined to have my way.
- I cannot say “in earth as, it is in heaven” if I’ll not serve him here and now.
- I cannot say “give us this day our daily bread” if I have no need to trust him to supply.
- I cannot say “forgive us our debts” if I am holding a grudge against another.
- I cannot say “Lead us not into temptation” if I am flirting with sin.
- I cannot say “deliver us from evil” if I do not put on the whole armor of God.
- I cannot say “thine is the kingdom” if I am not in subjection to His Kingship.
- I cannot attribute to him “the power” if I fear what men may do to me.
- I cannot ascribe to him “the glory” if I’m seeking honor for myself,
- I cannot say “forever” if the horizon of my life is bounded completely by time.
- And I cannot say “Amen” if I’m not in complete agreement to the petition of this prayer.
