I’ve been meditating lately on the Lord’s Prayer as recorded in Luke 11.1 – 4 in The Passion Translation. Here it is, word for word, just with bullets added to set off the six (in this translation) requests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One day, as Jesus was in prayer, one of his disciples came over to him as he finished and said, \u201cWould you teach us a model prayer that we can pray, just like John did for his disciples?\u201d So Jesus taught them this prayer:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the next few days I may write a little something on each of these, beginning now with the first one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n May the glory of your name be the center on which our life turns. (Luke 11.2, Passion Translation)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here was my impression: it’s beautiful, but what would that look like? Then I realized, it’s a prayer!<\/strong> I don’t have to know what it looks like! All I have to do is pray it, and maybe over time, God will show me what that looks like in my life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5.16, NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord\u2019s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3.18, NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been meditating lately on the Lord’s Prayer as recorded in Luke 11.1 – 4 in The Passion Translation. Here it is, word for word, just with bullets added to set off the six (in this translation) requests: One day, as Jesus was in prayer, one of his disciples came over to him as he … Continue reading Luke’s Lord’s Prayer<\/span>