Whew! We have made it to the final post in this series on Praying the Lord’s Prayer. In so doing, we arrive at a line many of us have heard, memorized, and perhaps even assumed was part of the original prayer: “For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.” And yet… depending on the Bible translation in your hands, reading Matthew 6:13, you may notice something surprising: it is either completely absent or placed in a footnote. Or, your church b

Quick review! One day when Jesus was still on the earth, one of His disciples asked Him to teach them to pray: “And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.'” — Luke 11:1 If you’ve been with me lately, you know I’ve been writing a series of blog posts based on the outline Jesus taught them, which we have come to refer to as The Lord’s Prayer .

I've been walking us through The Lord's Prayer , and " Give us this day our daily bread " comes just before this, but I did a post on this a couple of months ago: Daily Bread 'n Beyond . So, if you haven't seen that or want to review, just go back! It is absolutely always time to savor the wonder of God's rhythmic, always-on-time provision for all things for us, His "lucky" children! We now come to a line in The Lord’s Prayer that can be both deeply comforting and deeply