O God, before I ever talk about my bread, my sin, my life, know this, I desire Your glory to be displayed. He exists in heaven and has redeemed you and made you His child in order that in you He might display His will and His Kingdom and His glory. He does not exist in heaven to give you what you want. God does not exist in heaven to fulfill your dreams, contrary to what you hear so much today. It's a warning against asserting your will and your ambition and your goals and your dreams. Every request, no matter what it is, must be subordinated to this one, be in harmony with this one, or in pursuit of this one… It's a warning against self-seeking. The glory of God, the hallowing of His great name is the foundation of all prayers, it is the ultimate end of all things. Self is immediately removed and God is the priority. This is then the fundamental duty in prayer. Adding insult to injury in a summer of violence that is rooted in race relations in America’s cities b. Obviously, the first was the shocking details of the shootings at Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. This is the first request… And it's on God's behalf! I come on Your behalf. Hallowed Be Thy Name INTRODUCTION: The week of June 17-24 Americans received three pieces of very, very bad news. In considering the first and great request "Hallowed be thy name," I came across this paradigm-shifting, priority-rearranging, prayer-transforming quote from John MacArthur: I have been lately studying, meditating, preaching, and praying through the Lord's Prayer.
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