E-votional
– Our
Father!
June 5,
2001
Verse:
"Father,
hallowed by Your name. Your Kingdom come. Give us each day
our daily bread. And forgive our sins, for we ourselves
forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us into the time
of trial."
- Luke 11:2-4
(NRSV)
http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?Luke+11:2-4
Thought:
Getting started is
much more difficult than maintaining. For more than two weeks I have
not been running. There was a time when I would run for an hour at a
time, 5 days a week. This was less than a year ago. Now I
look for that opportunity to get started again, to do it right and to do
it regularly. The doing is not what is difficult, it is the getting
started.
Hear the Good News, when
we want get started with God, the answer is within the
pages of the Book of God. Jesus
reaching out to the disciples answered the common question, "how is
it that we pray?" The rest, He left up to the disciples, as
well as the people who might come later. When
is always a question that I like to answer. "When do I
pray?" Why not first thing in the morning? Set your focus
for the day, personally I know God to be better than any cup of coffee!
Prayer:
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 power and and the glory
forever. Amen.
P.S. Jeff, every
time I say this prayer I want to thank you for singing it! It is and
was the most awesome. Thanks buddy, love you!