The Lord's Prayer in an Hour of Temptation | ||
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. |
We say the words in bold differently than everybody else, because the words "lead us not into temptation" (Mat. 6:13) presuppose that we are not in a global "temptation" (Rev. 3:10) and that God has not made a "way of escape" (1Co. 10:13) to "deliver" (2Pe. 2:9) us out of the temptation. When we say the words in bold, we should "look up to heaven" (Mark 6:41) as a sign that we trust our Father to hear that petition (Dan. 13:35). |
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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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. | ||
And in this hour of temptation, show us the way of escape, so that we can be delivered from evil. |