The Lord's Prayer Part 3

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER. AMEN.

• In some of your translations this sentence is in brackets. Others have omitted it altogether.
• What that is about is that the earliest manuscripts don’t have this passage. And if they don’t, the translators expect that it was not in the original either.
• I still use it. That’s the way I learned the prayer and it just feels incomplete without this section.
• There is certainly nothing objectionable about it. Whoever added it was paying respect to God and tying the prayer all together with this final praise.
• And you should feel free to add your own praise to the end, the beginning, or the middle of the prayer.
• I do encourage you to pray this prayer from time to time. There may be elements to our prayers that we have forgotten and this can serve as a reminder.
• When you pray it, pause at each phrase and think about what it means to you. You will likely come up with thoughts that are different from mine.
• And at the end think about the kingdom and the power and the glory of God.

INVITATION

•  Maybe you don’t pray much or haven’t in a long time. Maybe you are having a hard time connecting with God.
• Or maybe you just want help getting to know God.
• Or maybe you have made a decision you want the church to know about.
• Whatever your desire, please come to the front of the auditorium while we stand and sing this song.