"Thy will be done" (Matthew 6:10). The formula taught by Jesus is easy to repeat, but it is often more difficult to grasp. It is with good reason that God says through the mouth of the prophet Isaiah : "For my thoughts are not your thoughts ..." (Isaiah...
Lire la suite"Thy kingdom come" (Matthew 6:10). This prayer joins what is said in Psalm 2, where it says : "Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for an inheritance, the ends of the earth for possession" (Psalm 2.8). We are told that one of the prayers of the...
Lire la suite"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut up the kingdom of heaven to men, and you do not enter into it yourself, and you do not let in those who want to enter" (Matthew 23:13). In this verse, Jesus emphasizes that these religious...
Lire la suite"Thy kingdom come" (Matthew 6:10). If it is true that God must be the first in our prayers, we see that we must then direct our requests to the coming of his reign. But is not God already king of the earth and the whole universe ? Certainly God reigns,...
Lire la suite"May your name be sanctified" (Matthew 6: 9). When we pray and take the time to put God first, when we give him first place in our prayers, it only makes sense if he has the first place in our whole life. In short, is it really the Name of God that is...
Lire la suite"To an unknown god, what you reveal without knowing it is what we announce to you" (Acts 17:23). As he walked through the streets of Athens, Paul discovered an altar erected to an unknown god. For our part, we pray to God, and we sanctify His Name : "May...
Lire la suite"Let us therefore approach with confidence the throne of grace, in order to obtain mercy and find grace, to be helped in our needs" (Hebrews 4:16) ; (Hebrews 7: 18-19) ; (Hebrews 10:22). When we pray to God, let us remember that he is not confined to...
Lire la suite"Our Father who art in heaven ..." (Matthew 6: 9). Just as we must realize, when we pray, that God is our Father, we must also become aware of his position : "in heaven." This position is often recalled in the Bible : "And he said, O LORD God of our fathers,...
Lire la suite"I tell you again that if two of you agree on earth to ask for anything, it will be granted to them by my Father who is in heaven, for where two or three are assembled in my name, I am in the midst of them" (Mat.18.19 / 20). In the model prayer, which...
Lire la suite"You have not received a spirit of bondage to fall into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption which makes us cry out: Abba, Father" (Romans 8:15). Not only is God our Father because He created us, but God also has the right to the name of Father,...
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