its said to be a blueprint to prayers by someone who seems to know somethng about these things.
2006-10-09 10:33:20 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
+ "Teach us how to pray," the disciples said to Jesus. (Luke 11, 1) He answered by teaching them the prayer we call the Our Father or The Lord's Prayer.
The Lord's Prayer is a basic Christian prayer. As a model of prayer, every Christian learns it by heart. It appears everywhere in the church's life: in its liturgy and sacraments, in public and private prayer. It is a prayer Christians treasure.
Though we memorize it as a set formula, the Lord's Prayer shouldn't be repeated mechanically or without thought. Its purpose is to awaken and stimulate our faith. Through this prayer Jesus invites us to approach God as Father. Indeed, the Lord's Prayer has been called a summary of the gospel.
+ Our Father, who art in heaven,
+ hallowed be thy name.
When Moses approached God on Mount Sinai, he heard a voice saying, "Do not come near; put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground." An infinite chasm separates us from the transcendent God.
In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus invites us to draw near to God who is beyond human understanding, who dwells in mystery, who is all holy. We can call God "our Father".
Calling God "Father" does not mean that God is masculine. God is beyond the categories of gender, of masculine or feminine. None of our descriptions of God is adequate. God, who is "in heaven", whose name is holy, cannot be fully known by us.
By calling God "Father" we are more rightly describing ourselves and our relationship with God. Jesus teaches that we have a filial relationship with God; God sees us as if we were a daughter or a son. And we, on our part, can approach God in the familiar confident way a child approaches a loving parent. What is more, we approach God through God's only Son, Jesus Christ, who unites us to himself.
+ Thy Kingdom come,
+ thy will be done,
+ on earth as it is in heaven.
God's kingdom. Jesus often said that God's power would appear and renew all creation. God like a mighty king would rule over the earth according to a plan that unfolds from the beginning of the world. God's kingdom would be marked by peace and justice. Good would be rewarded and evil punished. The kingdom, according to Jesus, is not far off, but already present in our midst, though not yet revealed.
In the Lord's Prayer we pray that God's kingdom come, that God's will, which is for our good, be done on earth as it is in heaven.
+ Give us this day our daily bread.
We are God's children. What can be more childlike than this petition in which we pray for our daily bread, a word that describes all those physical, human and spiritual gifts we need to live. With the confidence of children we say: "Give us this day what we need."
+ Forgive us our trespasses,
+ as we forgive those who trespass against us.
This petition of the Lord's Prayer is a demanding one. Not only do we ask God's forgiveness for our daily offenses, but we link God's forgiveness of us with our forgiveness of others. Forgiving others is not always easy to do. We need God's help to do it. But it must be done or we ourselves cannot receive God's mercy.
+ And lead us not into temptation,
+ but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Life is not easy. It is a daily battle. Trials like sickness and failure can crush our spirits. False values and easy promises can entice us and even destroy our souls. And so we ask God to keep us from failing when we are tested, to help us to know the right thing to do, to deliver us from the evil awaits us in life.
The Lord's Prayer sums up the teaching of Jesus. It is also a prayer that offers the grace of Jesus: his reverence for God, his childlike confidence in his Father, and his power to go bravely through life no matter what comes. When we pray his prayer, his spirit becomes our own.
+ With love in Christ.
2006-10-09 17:03:15 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Lord's Prayer is in the Bible in Matthew chapter 6. It is a "model prayer" that Jesus gave to his disciples instructing them how to pray and what to pray for.
It is often called the "Our Father" prayer because that is how Jesus said to address Him in our prayers. That is also how Jesus addressed Him (Matthew 11:25).
The true name of God is no longer known except for the consonants which in English are YHWH. The vowels are no longer known. YHWH is often translated as "Yahweh" or "Jehovah" into English, but it cannot truthfully be said that either one is the true name of our Father although either one will serve to identify Him.
Since Jesus said to call him "Our Father", he obviously did not feel that using a personal name for God was important in order to hallow or sanctify God's name. If he did, he would have addressed the prayer to YHWH instead of "Our Father". Obviously "name" doesn't always refer to a personal name, such as being baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit doesn't even have a personal name.
2006-10-10 01:26:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
(Matthew 6:9-13) “YOU must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. 10 Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth. 11 Give us today our bread for this day; 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the wicked one.’
The name of Jesus' heavenly Father was and is "Jehovah" in the English language. The only truly accurate representation we have is the Hebrew characters that are displayed within my avatar. It is called "the Tetragrammaton", or sometimes "the Tetragram" and it is the four Hebrew consonants in the Hebrew name of god.
The Hebrew name “Yahweh” (or “Yehowah”) does seem to approximately pronounce the Tetragrammaton. Just as the Hebrew name “Yeshua” (or “Yehoshua”) is translated into “Jesus” in English, the Hebrew name “Yahweh” is translated into “Jehovah” in English.
The important thing is to use God’s personal name in whatever language you speak, rather than insisting upon the impersonal! The name “Yahweh” is certainly preferable to the non-name “God” or “Lord”, especially if you speak Hebrew. If you speak English, feel free to use the name "Jehovah".
(Psalms 83:18) That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth
(John 17:26) [Jesus said] I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you loved me may be in them
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/na/index.htm
2006-10-09 15:59:43 · answer #3 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Although the prayer quoted by the folks above is commonly called the Lord's prayer, it is really the disciples' prayer, because Jesus gave it to his disciples in response to their request to be taught how to pray. But I'm just being picky. It's a great blueprint for how to approach God, and I get more out of it all the time.
2006-10-09 10:41:52 · answer #4 · answered by Teddie M 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, Jehovah is the Name of God as found in the bible.
JEHO'VAH, n. The Scripture name of the Supreme Being. If, as is supposed, this name is from the Hebrew substantive verb, the word denotes the Permanent Being, as the primary sense of the substantive verb in all languages, is to be fixed, to stand, to remain or abide. This is a name peculiarly appropriate to the eternal Spirit, the unchangeable God
http://av1611.com/kjbp/kjv-dictionary/jehovah.html
Jesus said Jewish tradition made God's word invalid,
So why would someone want to follow Jewish tradition and not pronounce Jehovah's name?
2006-10-10 06:34:37 · answer #5 · answered by TeeM 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Jehovah is whom Jesus was praying to when he gave us the model prayer. It is very important to know the name of God since Jesus was praying "Hallowed by thy name" or in another translation it is said, "Let your name be sanctified" or 'set apart'
How can his name be regarded with particular reverence or respect if it is not used?
I have included a link to an article that discusses God's Name and the importance of knowing it.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20040122/article_01.htm
2006-10-09 11:08:39 · answer #6 · answered by izofblue37 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its not his name...
technically...Jehovah is from the vowels of YHWH and the consonants of adonai... YaHoWah in germanic algicized became Jehovah... almost all theologians know this except JW's who have an axe to grind... it isnt an original word form the Bible... this isn ont likely to be persuavie to someone who is willing to accept an anonymously transalted bible by people of unknown qualifications and pass over excellent transaltions
God's name has more to do with I AM... God telling Moses I AM three different ways at the burnign bush
the Lord's prayer, is sometimes knowsn as the Our Father... Jesus had a radical way of adressing God as daddy in a very personal way... it starts by glorifying God ... ends by glorifying God and in the middle speaks of our needs and others needs, forgiveness and deliverance
2006-10-09 10:39:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lords parayer is this
Our Father who art in heaven hollawed by thy name.Thy kingdom come Thy will be don on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debters.Lead us not into tempetation but deliever us from evil for thine is kingdom the power and the glory forever
Jehova is another name for god
Jesus said you should pray like that
2006-10-09 10:40:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our Father who art in heaven
Hollowed by thy name
Thy kinddom come
Thy will be done
On Earth as it is in heaven
Give is this day our daily bread
Forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who tresspass against us
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever
Amen
And that someone was Christ
2006-10-09 10:37:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the glory forever. Or something like that.
2006-10-09 10:39:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Matt 6:9
2006-10-09 10:37:26 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋