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The Lord's Prayer
J. Warren Smith
其他書名
Confessing the New Covenant
出版
Wipf and Stock Publishers
, 2015-03-10
主題
Religion / Christian Living / Prayer
Religion / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth
Religion / General
History / General
ISBN
1630878987
9781630878986
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=N1_6CQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
We have all had the experience of being at church and hearing the pastor say, "And now with the confidence of children we are bold to pray, 'Our Father . . .'" but before we know it we are saying "for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen." In the very moment of intimacy when we are given the privilege of entering the presence of our heavenly Father, our minds have drifted off. We speak the words of the prayer, not from our hearts, but from the autopilot of memory. This is mere recitation, not prayer. If in relationships familiarity breeds contempt, in the case of the Lord's Prayer, familiarity breeds thoughtlessness. The Lord's Prayer: Confessing the New Covenant is not a Bible study in the traditional sense. It challenges us to think about the Lord's Prayer anew by understanding it as a confession of the New Covenant that Christ makes with us when we are made children of God in baptism. In hearing these familiar words afresh we learn to remember our baptismal covenant so that we might live more fully into that new relationship with God and with one another.