Short articles about the "Yes Jesus" book on prayer # 3

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Jesus said: “This, then, is how you should pray”

“Our Father who art in Heaven”

 

The word “Our” is a possessive pronoun that indicates that whatsoever follows that word belongs unquestionably to the speaker in no other realm but in his mind.  

 

It is a statement of fact that the subject and the predicate belong to each other confidentially as only a son and a father can. 

 

Triplets who were inside their mother's womb, once born though greater in number, are still insignificant before their mother, but they can rightfully claim ownership and possession of the mother as “Our mother” 

In the same way humans claim the planet Earth as “Our Planet” or two fleas claim an elephant as “Our Elephant.” The lesser claims the greater by virtue of relationship.

 

In the same way believers claim God the creator of all as “Our Father.” For us, the believers, there is no other father than the “Father in Heaven” who is “Ours.” 

 

The only foundation for prayer over which we cry and pray is because God is “Our Father.” 

 

Jesus said: “This, then, is how you should pray: 

                   “Our Father who art in Heaven” 

 

GGS 3.