My Lord's Prayer

Father God, our Father in Heaven, my Father here beside me and all around me, Holy is your name. Hallowed is your name. Sacred, unique, the only real, true God, source of all truth and knowledge, Creator of all, the generous spring from which all the blessings and comforts and joys of this life flow-Holy is your name. Thy Kingdom come. Bring your rule, your perfect justice, your Kingship, to this broken, fallen world, and let your perfect will sweep over the whole world, here on earth, just as it is in the invisible realm where you are. You have been so very generous, showering us with abundance, and we want for nothing! You've allowed us lives of plenty. You've never failed to provide my family's daily bread, yet I am so often void of thanksgiving and praise, focusing on frivolous desires, and trusting in my own efforts and conniving instead of trusting you. So, Father God, give us this day, again,our daily bread, and hearts filled with thankfulness and praise. Father forgive us our trespasses-all the things we do that are disobedient and sinful. Forgive our evil, sinful thoughts, our coarse, foul language, our times of doubt, our persistent failure to love our neighbor, our idolatry, and our own unforgiveness. Teach us to forgive, as we seek to model Christ, And, Father God, be patient with us, as you have been, because we do these same things, these same failures, over and over again. Father, deliver us from evil. Protect us, wrap your arms around my family and keep them safe from the treachery and deceit and destruction that is all around us. Help us keep our eyes straight ahead-looking to You, and not at the temptations of this world that lead us away from you. Give us strength, help us make correct choices, remind us that many things that go on around us are not from You, that they dishonor You, they separate us from You, and lead to our harm. Deliver us from these evils. And, dear God, draw my precious sons to you, and make them yours. Renew them, save them, and deliver them from evil. For all we see, all we don't see, the beauty and complexity of this world, the infinite cosmos, the atoms and the galaxies, all of history, the present moment that unfolds around us, and the future as yet unrevealed are under Your Kingship. They all have come into being out of your perfect will. You, alone, orchestrate and direct all of reality yet You pause to hear us when we are lost, have run ourselves aground, and cry out, or whisper, for help. You are King. You are Power. You are Glory. And that will be so forever.