Heidelberg Catechism on Hallowed be Thy Name
Question 122. What is the first petition? Hallowed be Thy name. That is: Enable us rightly to know Thee, and to hallow, magnify and praise Thee in all Thy works, in which shine forth Thy power, wisdom, goodness, justice, mercy and truth; and likewise so to order our whole life, in thought, word and work, that Thy name may not be blasphemed, but honored and praised on our account. Ps. 100:3, 4. Know ye that the Lord He is God: it is
Calvin on Hallowed Be Thy Name
41. The first petition is, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. The necessity of presenting it bespeaks our great disgrace. For what can be more unbecoming than that our ingratitude and malice should impair, our audacity and petulance should as much as in them lies destroy, the glory of God? But though all the ungodly should burst with sacrilegious rage, the holiness of God’s name still shines forth. Justly does the Psalmist exclaim, “According to thy name, O God, so is thy
Our Father Heidelberg Catechism
Question 120. Why has Christ commanded us to address God thus: Our Father? To awaken in us, at the very beginning of our prayer, that filial reverence and trust toward God, which are to be the ground of our prayer; namely, that God has become our Father through Christ, and will much less deny us what we ask of Him in faith, than our parents refuse us earthly things. Gal. 4:6. Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of
Our Father Westminster Catechism
Westminster Larger Catechism Question 189 What doth the preface of the Lord’ s prayer teach us? The preface of the Lord’ s prayer (contained in these words, Our Father which art in heaven, (Matt. 6:9)) teacheth us, when we pray, to draw near to God with confidence of his fatherly goodness, and our interest therein; (Luke 11:13, Rom. 8:15) with reverence, and all other child-like dispositions, (Isa. 64:9) heavenly affections, (Ps. 123:1, Lam. 3:41) and due apprehensions of his sovereign power, majesty,
Our Father in Heaven
As we being to look at the Lord's prayer in Matthew chapter 6, we will be going through sections each week. This week we will be looking at the preface, 'Our Father in Heaven.' Before we look at the preface, a few notes about the Lord's prayer in general, many scholars have discussed if this prayer is to be used as a pattern or as a form directly recited. I believe it can be both. The danger comes when this
Our Lord’s prayer
The following prayer was written by Philip Doddridge and is found in 'Piercing Heaven', links can be found below to purchase the whole volume. Our Father, you are seated on a throne of glory in the highest heaven, and we bow before your awful presence with humble reverence. Even so we approach you with the confidence that we are your children, and you are our bountiful and compassionate parent. We join our prayers to you with hearts full of brotherly love, and
Prayer from Westminster Larger Catechism
Question 178- What is prayer? Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, (Ps. 62:8) in the name of Christ, (John 16:23) by the help of his Spirit; (Rom. 8:26) with confession of our sins, (Ps. 32:5–6, Dan. 9:4) and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies. (Phil. 4:6) Question 179- Are we to pray unto God only? God only being able to search the hearts, (1 Kings 8:39, Acts 1:24, Rom. 8:27) hear the requests, (Ps. 65:2) pardon the sins, (Micah 7:18)
Hidden Prayer
We are about to begin a new sermon series on the Lord’s Prayer called “Pray Then Like This.” We will be spending nine weeks going through the Lord’s prayer found in Matthew 6:5-13. Many of us know the prayer from memory, but we might not stop and think of the riches found in this prayer. Often prayer is the least important part of our life, and we can see that from our planner. Prayer is a last resort but should
