I have been keeping the spiritual discipline of writing an essay on prayer five days a week. I’ll spare you my essays. They were written just for me and the start of an outline for a book. But I thought I’d share a quick glance of on an outline I did on the opening of the Lord’s Prayer.

Our Father in heaven

1. Our = community call to prayer. We pray within the context of those we journey with. Our prayers can never leave others behind.
2. Father = the attitude of God toward us. We must pray knowing we are in His heart. Not just Him in our hearts but we are in His. He is the beginner of all reality and the start of all praying.
3. In Heaven = a new vantage point. God is not stuck in our challenges. He is beyond and without them and able to reach in and free. We have a new template when we pray. We pattern our prayers after what is seen in heaven.