Series Nine: Kingdom, Power, Glory

Matthew 6:13c
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

You are finishing The Lord's Prayer with the blessing. It is like the benediction, the expression of good wishes, to praise, to say and speak well. In Latin means "to bless." You are wrapping up your prayer to God.

When we pray "Thine is the kingdom," we recognize God's rule over our lives. We recognize that God is the source of answered prayers. God can and will answer your prayers the way He chooses. When we pray, "Thine is the kingdom," we are telling God that He is the King of our lives and we are His followers in His Kingdom.

When we pray, "Thine is the power," we realize that God has the ability to answers our prayer. We recognize that God is the Creator and Ruler of this world. God can do anything according to His plan. Trust Him!

When we pray, "Thine is the glory," we recognize that God gets the credit for all our answers to prayer. God alone is to be glorified for all He has done for us. We are simply obeying His commandment to pray "The Lord's Prayer" because He, Himself wants to bless us and to inspire us. We are to recognize that the blessing comes from Him. The hardest part is to learn that we must let God do it in His own way, and whatever the answer we receive, all glory and all credit goes to Him.

When we pray, "For ever" at the end of The Lord's Prayer, we recognize that God is eternal. God existed from the beginning and will never end. He is for ever and ever.

When we end The Lord's Prayer with "Amen," we are "signing off" with God. We agreed what we have prayed and say "so be it." It means that we have faith to believe that God will answer. We have hope that our future will be bright. And that God has received our praise and worship. And we say, "Amen, it is done!"

Then God wants to bless you for saying "The Lord's Prayer" over and over again!

The Lord's Prayer:
Our Father which are in heaven. Holy be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.