aladdin’s magic lamp and christian prayer

Aladdin’s magic lamp and Christian Prayer

How (not) to pray

This, then, is how you should pray:‘Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name,your kingdom come,your will be done,    on earth as it is in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.And forgive us our debts,    as we also have forgiven our debtors.And lead us not into temptation,    but deliver us from the evil one.’

1. Master and slave

‘Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name’

“The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

He makes me lie down in green pastures,he leads me beside quiet waters,he refreshes my soul.He guides me along the right pathsfor his name’s sake.”

Psalm 23:1-39:31

→ Adjust your relation with God.

2. Only three wishes

‘your kingdom come,your will be done,    on earth as it is in heaven.’

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.”

1 John 5:14-15

→ Adjust your dreams.

3. Whoever you are, Whatever you’ve done…

‘Give us today our daily bread.And forgive us our debts,    as we also have forgiven our debtors.And lead us not into temptation,    but deliver us from the evil one.’

“We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.”

John 9:31

→ Adjust your way of living.

→ Adjust your relation with God. → Adjust your way of living. → Adjust your dreams.

‘Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name,your kingdom come,your will be done,    on earth as it is in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.And forgive us our debts,    as we also have forgiven our debtors.And lead us not into temptation,    but deliver us from the evil one.’