Lenten Devotional Day 8
Lenten Devotional
Today, read the Lord's Prayer through slowly, with your eyes following the words but your heart directing them to God. Praying it aloud will help.
Next, read the prayer through again, this time making it very personal. “My Father in heaven . . Give me today the food I need . . . forgive me my sins . . . ” While we can never forget the prayer is corporate and concerned with others too, it’s fine to speak personally to God through it. Again, don’t rush. Pray slowly and deliberately.
Finally, now take one more reading of the prayer, but this time linger on each line, inviting God to bring specific people, situations and responses to mind as you pray.
Matthew 6:9-13,
Pray like this:
Our Father in heaven,
may your name be kept holy.
May your Kingdom come soon.
May your will be done on earth,
as it is in heaven.
Give us today the food we need,
and forgive us our sins,
as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
And don’t let us yield to temptation,
but rescue us from the evil one.