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Christians around the world\u2014and down through the centuries\u2014have prayed by saying the words Jesus taught His first followers: \u201cOur Father\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019re the first words of the prayer commonly called \u201cThe Lord\u2019s Prayer.\u201d<\/a> They are so full and rich in meaning that it\u2019s hard to overestimate their importance. Too often, however, when we say those words, we gloss right over them, barely thinking. But do you know what you\u2019re saying when you pray, \u201cOur Father\u201d?<\/a><\/p>\n

You say, in an age when disconnectedness and loneliness are epidemic, that you never pray alone. Jesus said to pray Our<\/em> Father. Not, My<\/em> Father. It is a small word\u2014just three letters long in English, but there is a whole world in our<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It means you pray with Jesus. He is your partner and advocate. It means you pray with the Holy Spirit, even when \u201cwe do not know what to pray for as we ought\u2026 the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words\u201d (Romans 8:26-27, ESV).<\/p>\n

It means you pray with the whole church\u2014throughout history and around the world. You pray with people of all colors, shapes, ages, tribes, tongues, customs and personalities. It means that you pray with all Creation, which \u201chas been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time,\u201d looking forward \u201cto the day when it will join God\u2019s children in glorious freedom from death and decay\u201d (Romans 8:22, 21, NLT).<\/p>\n

When you pray, \u201cOur Father,\u201d you are also appealing to an intimate relationship. My daughter, Aubrey, is a beautiful, intelligent and accomplished woman. She is a married and mother to three children. She refers to me as her father, of course. But there are times\u2014precious times\u2014when she, grown woman that she is, still calls me Daddy (and not always when she wants a favor). It never fails to warm my heart and, yes, make me even more willing than ever to make her dreams come true.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like that when you say, \u201cOur Father.\u201d You\u2019re agreeing with the words of Paul, who wrote, \u201cBecause we are His children, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, \u2018Abba, Father\u2019\u201d (Galatians 4:6, NLT).<\/p>\n

There are many ways to pray, of course, and many of them are good ways to pray. But when you pray, \u201cOur Father,\u201d you say so much, and all of it is good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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