Our Father
We address ourselves to You, the inconceivable origin of everything, the creative force of this eternally ongoing creation, the origin of the energy empowering all existence. Your spirit surrounds and exists within all life and all things in the universe. You are the original and primary parent of all of us everywhere. We turn our attention to You, seeking Your reassurance and parental guidance.
Who Art In Heaven
You are unimaginable because you exist within everything and everywhere, eternal, the entirety of reality, indistinguishable from creation. You exist in a realm of perfection. Your nature is perfect goodness, truth, and love. Heaven is not a place, but a condition of Your being.
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Our innate awareness of You calls for celebration. The purpose of our spiritual practice, our sacred writings, our prayers, religions and rituals, is to acclaim and honor Your presence. We desire to know You, to respect and obey You by living righteous lives. We are called to follow the principles we perceive in Your world and to help others to feel Your presence.
Thy Kingdom Come
We are blessed with awareness, conscious of our existence in You, grateful to be Your people. We are Your servants, commanded to make this world conform to the pattern we discern in Your perfection. Our innate awareness of You instills in us a feeling of brotherhood as Your creatures, citizens of Your world, Your people.
Thy Will Be Done…
Your spirit, life’s sacred energy is within us, our heartfelt call to follow Your instruction. All that we see, around us or in the far reaches of the universe, incomprehensible as light or simple as sand, all immediate creation and infinite existence demonstrates the generosity, goodness and truth of Your will: a compelling pattern for us to follow.
…On Earth As It Is In Heaven
Our fearful, selfish human nature constantly tempts us to act in ways contrary to Your will. We are reminded to live faithfully by this prayer, taught by Your son Jesus, praying that Your will may remain always in our hearts, prompting us to follow the guidance of righteousness of Your eternal spirit.
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
We pray also that following your guidance may bring us the physical blessings of sustenance, shelter, health and safety. We believe our needs will be met as we conscientiously follow Your will.
And Forgive Us Our Trespasses…
For the times we have ignored Your guidance and have done harm to others, to ourselves and to Your world, in whatever ways we have, we ask to be able to be and to feel forgiven. Only the mercy of forgiveness will allow us to live in peace with others, and forgiving ourselves will help us do the work we must do to change for the better.
…As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us
The fruit of forgiveness is peace. We seek release from negative, judgmental thoughts and feelings so that we may live free from memory of wrongs we have done and which we have suffered. Grant us relief from guilt and sorrow, from vengefulness and hostility, that we may continue to live in freedom and to do Your will.
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
May this prayer restore our obedience, granting us a sense of Your presence that remains with us throughout our daily lives, guiding our thoughts and our behavior in moments of crisis or temptation. May we have the grace to repeat it throughout our days, reminding us continually of our love for You.
But Deliver Us From Evil
May our awareness of You compel our minds and hearts to follow Your guidance , to gain the peace, kindness and abundance of spiritually-centered lives so that we may make Your world a better place for our having lived.
For Thine Is The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory.
Dear Lord, I speak this prayer of affirmation with all my brothers and sisters here on earth. I love you with all my heart.
Amen
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