“your kingdom come,” (Matthew 6:10a NIV) Today’s Scripture is the 3rd petition of the Lord’s Prayer.  In my next blog, I will look at Matthew 6:10b (NIV), which says, “your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”  While both of these requests are closely related, I wanted to give each of them a deeper look separately, as I did in “Our Father: A Personal Journey of Discovery into the Lord’s Prayer.” Sometimes we can think of the…..

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In my blog this week, “Your Name is Holy,” I talked about how we show our love, respect, and reverence to God by following His instructions given to us throughout Scripture. The Apostle Paul is a good example of someone who acknowledges God’s holiness. In 1 Cor. 2:1-5 (NIV), we see his acknowledgement of his own weakness, and of the Holy Spirit’s power working in and through him. That Scripture says, “And so it was with me, brothers and sisters……

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“hallowed be your name,” (Matthew 6:9b NIV) In my last blog, I shared a little of my journey with you of discovering God as my heavenly Father. That awareness has been life-changing for me.  When I pray the first petition in the Lord’s Prayer, “Our Father in heaven,” I now understand what it means in a personal way. I was taught the Lord’s Prayer at a young age, but I didn’t always grasp the real meaning of the prayer’s first…..

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In the blog that I posted on Friday, I talked about how God revealed Himself to me as my Father, and affirmed me as His child – His daughter. Knowing that has been life-changing for me. The foundation of my relationship with my heavenly Father is based on my communication with Him through prayer. I used to feel that God was too busy to bother with little ole me. He surely had more important things that needed and deserved His…..

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