Our Father who art in heaven,
~Father
of us each
and
all,
intimately
caring for
and
protecting,
guarding
and guiding,
who
lives in a high and holy place
and
with those who are broken
and
contrite in spirit,
hallowed be your name,
~May
we honor your name
as
we bare your name,
may
we respect your name
and
treat your name as holy
in
our lives
in
our speech,
in
our work
in
our home.
Hallowed
be your Name.
your kingdom come,
~Let
your love,
your
rule and authority,
be
the law of my life.
My
Prince of Peace ,
my
King of kings,
be
the only throne
and
rule in my life.
your will be done,
~Father,
not my will
But
yours be done
In
my life in my heart
in
my mind
In
my joys
In
my trials
In
my friends family and home
With
all I have and desire
Let
your will be done.
on earth as it is in heaven.
~Just
as all things in Heaven
fall
and rise by your will
Father,
let all things in my life
become
greater and lesser by your desire.
Let
your will
(your
pure love born purpose)
be
accomplished.
May my will
(my
self destructive will)
never
be exalted above your will,
I
lay it at your feet in surrender.
Give us today our daily bread.
~We
meet our own needs
so
we need never wait
or
trust You
for
Your loving provision.
Father,
we
fill up on junk food of the world
rather
than looking to you
for
the feast you have prepared.
We
waist away
(starving
for nourishment)
filled
with the rubbish of this world.
Gives
us this day
our
daily bread.
Oh,
bread of life,
we
need you today and each day,
to
live and breathe and grow,
Father
we give you our hunger,
fill
us
this
day
with
our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
~Oh
Father…
forgive
us,
for our sins have mounted up a debt so great
we
never could repay.
And
rather than decreasing our sin,
Father,
we
rationalize them
and
mount our debt to the sky
treating
your grace cheaply
though
it cost You everything
You
held dear,
Father,
forgive
us our debt,
as… we… also… have…
forgiven our debtors.
~And
let us cringe
as
the word come off our tongue
to be aware that we owe
the
abundant forgiveness
you
have given us
to
others.
Father
for the debt we could never repay,
we
forgive everyone every offence,
willful
and unknowingly against us.
Even
as you suffered at the hands of sinful men
and
forgave
even
as we carelessly sin against you
and
You forgive,
Father,
we
forgive
and
let the measure we use
be
used upon us.
So
we surrender every debt against us
Paid
in full
as
we stand in need of your pardon.
And lead us not into temptation,
~Oh
God,
protect
us from the wretches that we are.
You
know our weaknesses.
Go
before us
and
steer us away from the pitfalls.
Lead
us away from those things
that
wound us
and
destroy us
and
those we love.
Guard
the doors of our mouths
that
we would not sin against you,
guard
our feet
that
we would not rush into sin,
guard
our mind
that
we would not entertain
unholy
thoughts,
as
they betray
our
Lord.
Father
lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
You
are pure goodness, Lord,
sweep
us away from the enemy,
pick
us up out of deep water
and
deliver us from the one
who
wages war against our soul
he
tempts us to leave the One we love
(to
our pearl).
Father
take us away
and
hold us near to you.
For Yours is the kingdom
The
only kingdom that will remain
and the power
the
only power,
unconquerable
and the glory
to
You be all the glory
now
this
moment,
today
all day,
tomorrow
and
in this generation
and forever
Amen
We
all agree
Father,
Amen
