Here’s a brief meditation on the Lord’s Prayer
(Matthew 6: 9-13, Luke 11: 2-4). It was
written for use at Easter, but could be revised for other occasions. It comes
from the Uniting Church SA website.
The Lord’s Prayer Meditation
(inspired by Matthew 6: 9-13, Luke 11:
2-4)
Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name
On the
cross, while he was dying,
Jesus
called out to his Father in Heaven.
We too
can call out to Him any time:
when we
are feeling pain or feeling joy.
That’s
something to rejoice about!
Your kingdom come.
When he
was dying on the cross,
he told
one of the thieves being punished with him:
Today you
will be with me in paradise.
He gives
us the same promise that his kingdom comes to us
and we
come into his kingdom.
That’s
something to rejoice about!
Your will be done on earth as it is in
heaven.
God wants
us all to live with him forever.
Jesus
death and resurrection was the way he chose to have that happen.
We now
can choose to believe it and to obey him here on earth.
That’s
something to rejoice about!
Give us today our daily bread.
God gives
us everything we need.
That
includes family and friends to love us.
That’s
something to rejoice about!
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who
sin against us.
Peter
tells us: that all who believe in Jesus —
his love
and power; his death and life —
have
their sins forgiven through his name.
That’s
something to rejoice about!
Do not bring us to the test, but deliver us
from evil.
Our pains
are a sign of the evil in our lives and our world.
Jesus,
through his death and life has delivered us from all evil.
That’s
something to rejoice about!
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are
yours now and forever.
And
that’s something to be joyful about at Easter time and always!
Amen.
~ from Love
is… An Intergenerational Worship Resource for Easter. Prepared by the Uniting Church SA, and posted on their website. http://mrn.sa.uca.org.au/ To see the entire publication (pdf) click here.
