04/27/2026
“This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name…” Matthew 6:9 NIV
In Jesus’s model of prayer, the first thing we learn is that we have a Father in heaven. The second thing is that we should hallow his name: keep it holy. Mostly we think that means not using his name as a swear word, but it also means not including God’s name with anything that demeans, devalues or dishonors him. We can do this with our lips, but we can also do this with our lives by claiming to be Christian but living sinfully. If you profess Christ, you have taken His name. Don’t take it in vain.