![]() ![]() And actually that would cause anxiety, or it would make me focus on, again, things around me that I couldn't necessarily control.Īnd so I did a few things with this section of the prayer and with my own prayer discipline. ![]() I forgot to you know, I forgot to lift up this individual need or that individual person or this thing around me. ![]() And I found that what that can do is it can lead almost to a sense of holy anxiety: I have to pray for these things. And I know for myself as a Christian raised in the church, I've been taught to bring a lot of these individual petitions before God on a regular basis. And he's really laying all of these things at God's feet. He's praying these bold, big prayers that are hard to kind of pinpoint what's being answered and what's not. the leader of the synagogue down the street.” He's not lifting up all of these little petitions. We don't see Jesus petitioning God for individual needs and specific circumstances that he might experience throughout the day-“God, I pray for Peter's. And part of what I was looking at, and when I look at this prayer and I look at how frequently we pray, especially in the Western church, Jesus’ prayer here is very big: “your kingdom come, your will be done.” It's fascinating. And I couldn't understand the disconnect. And I found myself literally five minutes after I just sat with Creator giving incredible gratitude and heartfelt, sincere gratitude for what I was experiencing and able to be a part of, I would find myself five minutes later walking down this path in a very heated debate with if not literally screaming at God. I would go for a walk along the river just after the sun came up. And where I watch it there's this beautiful walk where I can walk for miles right along the river. It’s because I would literally leave my watching the sunrise, especially here in DC I watch it when it comes up over the Potomac River. Mark Charles This is actually where it becomes the most challenging for me. And I wonder what your reflections are as you grow in praying it, especially over these last months and years. John Witvliet Let’s move next and talk about the next petition, which is “thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” That is such a big-scope prayer, Mark. Witvliet Tags: christian life, discipleship, faith formation, lords prayer Video posted on March 28, 2023 Witvliet on the phrase "Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done" from the Lord's Prayer, as part of the series "Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us." By: Mark Charles and John D. Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done: Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught UsĪ conversation with Mark Charles and John D. ![]()
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