‘This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name . . .”‘
Matthew 6:9
I have a confession.
This verse shouldn’t be the Daily Verse.
Matthew 6:19 should be.
When searching for the verse on the Interlinear version I use, I typed in 6:9 instead.
Rather than not storing up treasures on earth, Jesus teaches us how to pray.
The Lord’s Prayer as it is commonly known is obviously a staple prayer of the Christian faith, but I have been surprised by how many non-christians also know it by heart.
The Interlinear translation runs, ‘Father of us who [is] in the heavens . . .’
Father is straight forward, in Greek it is patér – father, parent – but of us is egó – I or me.
We are used to taking ‘Our Father’ to inidcate the Father of all of us, but Jesus’ prayer is actually father of me, or my father.
Jesus’ prayer is not a formulaic and remote prayer to an unseen deity, but a deeply personal prayer which begins with us speaking out ‘My Father’ who is in the heavens.
This prayer establishes our close and individual connection to our Heavenly Father.
Faith and Creativity 