05/03/2026
“Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. Give us each day the food we need, and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation.” (Luke 11:2-4 - NLT)
Praying the Lord's Prayer
It has always been fascinating to see the chiastic structure that exists in huge swaths of our Biblical literature. Luke's recording of the Lord's Prayer lends itself to such a structure. How you ask: "Father, may your name be kept holy", contrasts with "And don't let us yield to temptation". "May your Kingdom come soon", contrasts with the way we humans do things, and then need to ask, "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us." And then we get to the core of the prayer - "Give us each day the food we need."
In that structure, we see three pieces to this prayer: Adoration of God and his holiness, Confession that our ways are not God's, and simple Requests for the needs of life. The EFCC May Prayer Guide is going to follow that basic format as we highlight a variety of things around the EFCC to be praying into.
Please visit: https://efcc.ca/prayer-guide/ to guide you in how you could be praying for a specific request.
