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06.10.10 PRAYING IS RELATIONSHIP

  He was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples." He said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test." (Lk 11:1-4)

 

 

Jesus was praying. Praying is a mystery. Praying speaks of the relationship between the one who is praying and God. Relationship can be measured or gauged by the people in relationship. A third person cannot know anything about what goes on in between the people of relationship. That is why the disciples ask Jesus about praying. They have seen Jesus praying and they want to know the relationship that existed between God and Jesus and how this relationship is expressed.

 

The prayer which Jesus taught them probably expressed the relationship which existed between Jesus and God or it expressed how the relationship of the disciples should be. It should be a ‘father-son’ relationship. It should express itself in trust, guiding, providing, etc. God’s name (character) should be always honoured and held high. God and Godly presence and Godly ambient should be created in and around the place (Kingdom).  God’s providence and forgiveness are the two things needed in living out this relationship.