Reflect
Jesus taught us how to pray authentically, and the Lord’s Prayer provides us with a structure to offer our words up to God:
Praise: “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name;”
Gratitude: “Thy kingdom come;”
Surrender: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
Reliance: “Give us this day our daily bread;”
Repentance: “And forgive us our trespasses”
Forgiveness: “As we forgive those who trespass against us;”
Faith in guidance: “And lead us not into temptation,”
Trust in provision: “But deliver us from evil.”
Hope: “Amen.”
Pray
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;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Act
Try structuring your prayer time today with the themes of this outline above. How is Jesus calling you to change the structure of how you pray this Lent?
