May 28 Devotion - The Lord's Prayer - Hallowed Be Your Name

 

After Jesus had finished describing the wrong way to pray, He illustrated the right way to pray by using the following prayer:

“‘Our Father in heaven,                                             
hallowed be your name,
¹⁰ your kingdom come,
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us today our daily bread.
¹² And forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³ And lead us not into testing,
    but deliver us from evil,

for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

 

أبانا الَّذِي فِي السَّماءِ،

لِيَتَقَدَّسِ اسْمُكَ،

10 لِيَأتِ مَلَكُوتُكَ،

فَتَكُونَ مَشِيئِتُكَ،

هُنا عَلَى الأرْضِ كَما هِيَ فِي السَّماءِ.

11 أعطِنا اليَوْمَ خُبزَنا كَفافَ يَومِنا،

12 وَاغفِرْ لَنا خَطايانا،

كَما غَفَرْنا نَحنُ أيضاً لِلَّذِينَ يُسِيئُونَ إلَينا.

13 وَلا تُدْخِلنا فِي تَجرُبَةِ،

بَلْ أنقِذْنا مِنَ الشِّرِّيرِ. [a]

لأنَّ لَكَ المُلْكَ وَالقُدرَةَ وَالمَجدَ،

إلَى أبَدِ الآبِدينَ. آمين›

Mathew 6: 9-13

 

Of course, if this prayer is simply memorized and repeated without a faith, commitment and sincerity, it becomes the same sort of babbling that Jesus had just condemned. 

 

And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 

وَكانَتِ المَلائِكَةُ يُنادِي أحَدُها الآخَرَ:

«قُدُّوسٌ، قُدُّوسٌ، قُدُّوسٌ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.
مَجدُهُ يَملأُ كُلَّ الأرْضِ.»

Isaiah 6:3

At the time when Jesus was on Earth a person’s name was indicative of his character.  We are to honour or hallow God’s name for His name is Holy. The whole earth is full of His glory. We should honour, revere, worship, hold sacred, be in awe of and glorify God’s name.

                                                                                                

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings and Your unfailing, deep, everlasting, and inseparable love. LORD, I thank  You that I can call You Abba (Daddy) Father. Hallowed be Your Name Lord for You are omniscient (all knowing), omnipotent (all powerful), omnipresent (present everywhere at the same time). Lord I join the angels in singing and declaring that You are Holy and the whole earth is full of Your glory. God I praise You, revere You, worship You, I stand in awe of You, and glorify Your Holy Name. I declare to the world that Christ is my Lord and Saviour. In the name of the King of kings and Lord of lords, in the mighty name of Your only begotten Son Jesus, I pray. To Jesus be the power, the glory, the majesty, and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

 

In Him,

Wagdi Henein