“Head of Christ, done from life.” Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn's His religious (1650s) scenes depict the Jewish Jesus, to be known personally.
Luke 11:1,2
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His Disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”
2 And He said to them,
Our Father, Who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name;
Thy Kingdom come
Thy Will Be Done
Luke 11 begins with love and respect.
The Disciples waited upon Jesus Christ's timing to speak to Him. And Jesus immedately answers their love and respect. There is praise in the Words of Jesus, here.
Our Father in Heaven
Today's post centers around
Matthew 4: 4 and, not coincidentally,
Luke 4: 4
We Live by EVERY WORD OF GOD.
We discern the wise words of John the Beloved Disciple in the Holy Spirit.
John 1:1-4
The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through Him,
and
without Him
was not anything made that was made.
In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.
Immediately, we see The Lord's Prayer identifies God as vastly and immortally and imperially more than in Heaven. Not far away. This knowing requires a prayer immediately to our core, the soul, and our mind and body.
There is a certain prayer going parallel to The Lord's Prayer:
This is my Bible. 'I am' (a child of God, saved in Jesus Christ to believe) what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess: my mind is alert, my heart is receptive, and I will never be the same, in Jesus' name.
Amen.
God is more than in Heaven
Our Father is Mightily Present
in
ALL
Almighty
All Things His
Life
Light
Light of Heaven
Light of mankind
Light of nations
And in that very day of Jesus' ministry
Jesus is saying in the exact words, I Am.
I am present with you, as you wait for me. Even as I Am praying with our Father, I Am with you. Jesus is aware the Disciples, kindly, with love and respect waited upon Jesus to come and speak with them. In Verse one.
Immediately we are aware God is more than the clouds beautifully surrounding Him in His Kingdom.
Jesus knows them, all their thoughts, words, deeds, flaws, sins, hopes, and the goodness He knows in mankind.
The response for us is, God is not far away. Not far, far away.
And if He does feel far, far away, invite Him to live in you that minute. “Father, Lord God, sending us Your Only Son, Jesus Christ. Please Live in me, know every aspect of my being. I am Yours, Father, Thank You for your Love and Mercy. Lead me and guide me. In Jesus, Highest Name, I pray. Amen.”
Then Jesus proceeds to tell us this about speaking with God, as Prayer. Luke 11, Jesus tells us speak to Me like your Friend. We are Friends. And the Disciples have approached Jesus with kindly, respect and love.
Matthew 6 is very different regarding The Lord's Prayer.
A very possible reason , Jesus sent the Disciples ahead, to learn ministry.
This is a different day in the Ministry of Jesus. Definitely, the tone is different. Jesus discusses practicing Piety, Giving to the Needy without being rather awful. Jesus calls this Hypocracy. Being seen for being all that. Using repeat prayers with words that have become empty. Definitely, 2 ways of approaching God. Then Jesus continues, fasting, looking gloomy, dark, or gothic. Reward seeking.
Jesus is then upbeat and tells us the Reward of God is to pray secretly and there is a reward. Our believing hearts have a reward. Pray secretly and then God rewards.
Is your prayer life like Maria?
Out of focus and bemused
And I never know exactly where I am
Unpredictable as weather
Just pray as often as they sang.
Have you ever thought, oh, I was really lazy about praying about that. I didn't even intend to forget. So sorry. Or someone comes to you and says, We prayed for that person and now the problem belongs to you, you - you must have not prayed enough - sinner.
Hallowed be Thy Name;
Thy Kingdom come
Thy Will Be Done
That is self-talk or judgment and is pointless. An incredible number of praying people know they have had our Father hear their first prayer, and a miracle happened. The miracle only God could do.
We have all had times when we pray in secret and immediately an impossible and wonderful life event occurs. Wham O.
And then. We cajole God. And we try and try and try. A certain author calls this the disappointing silence of God.
8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence
He will rise and give him whatever he needs.
9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12 or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more
will the Heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask Him!”
Jesus tells us there is trouble in life, and occasionally we need to ask and ask because in our lack of understanding we consider God to be a faraway and not attentive Judge. Pry the Judge to do something. Instead of Pray the Lord to send His Holy Spirit Help.
And not ask enough? Instead, Thy Will be Done. The Lord God Almighty upholds the Universe with the Power of His Word. In this lifetime of Jesus, He asked once and replied upon God to decide and do. God is really not the Pry the Judge. And do not use empty words to bore Him.
Abba, Father,
We ask Jesus Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith
We ask to be being rooted and grounded in love
and have strength to comprehend with all
what is the breadth and length and height and depth
of Your Love.
To know
the love of Christ
surpassing all the books ever written
fully know
We are filled with all the fullness of God
Your Promises,
Father,
Are Sure.
In Jesus Christ,
we live and move and
have our being.
Amen!
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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