Short prayers are best they come without imposing conditions on God. Photo by Luis Quintero on Pexels.com I used to be in awe of people who could stand up in a prayer meeting and pray long eloquent prayers. Petitions to god flowed from their lips like liquid. These people obviously had a better relationship with …
Tag: Lord’s Prayer
Contradictions?
Lead us not into temptation (again) ... The Lord's Prayer - Part 17 Wait a minute, doesn't that contradict the rest of the Bible? In giving the Lord's Prayer, Jesus asked us to ask the Father in Heaven not to lead us into temptation. But why would God do this? Does the Bible say God …
Deliver
Deliver us from evil The Lord's Prayer - Part 16 The Lord's Prayer is finished. Or at least it is with Luke's Gospel, which ends with Lead us not into temptation. Matthew's version goes on to say deliver us from evil, or from the evil one. This is not surprising. Matthew was writing for a …
Lead
Some years ago I worked in a factory that had some tasks done by robots. The factory was already pretty much mechanised, as you would expect for a company supplying parts to the car industry. But each machine did one simple task. Robots, however, are multitasking. Put in the instructions and off they go doing …
Forgive
Being a Christian is not easy. It is never easy even in a western Christianised society, and I would not be like the Apostle Paul and suggest you imitate me as I imitate Christ, because I am not a good role model. The following Jesus thing is something I fail at from time to time, …
Give
'Tis the season to be thinking about giving. The tradition of Christmas gifts is one I like, finding the right gift can be a difficult thing though, people are difficult to please. Actually they are not. People are easy to please, we just tie ourselves in knots trying too hard. People like gifts as it …
Earth
The future breaks into the present. My parents in law used to live in Ripon, North Yorkshire. A family visit to them meant also a visit to Lightwater Valley theme park. Much to our youngest daughters disappointment many of the rides were height restricted, and while her older siblings were allowed to ride the scary …
God’s will
Your will be done The Lords Prayer — Part 8 We pray for God's will to be done. But what exactly is God's will? Not just the big picture, but the small problem of what does God want me to do. But first back to basics. Jesus' summed up the commandments as love God with …
Praise
Praise comes first The Lord's Prayer — Part 6 Watching a beautiful sunset it is easy to be full of praise, especially if you are in the Cafe del Mar in Ibiza, listening to the chill out electronica and sipping a very expensive cocktail. This should be on everyone's bucket list. I have done that, and …
Name
Hallowed be your name The Lord's prayer — part 5 There is something about a name in the Bible, it is more than what you are called by. The name, in many ways, signifies who you are, especially when the name is given by, or relates to God. Take the example when God renamed Abram …
Making an ass of myself 