"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” (Matthew 6:9-13 ESV) There's a wonderful summary of the meaning of the Lord's prayer in the Westminster Shorter Catechism ... “Our Father in heaven ...” teaches us firstly to draw near to God with all holy reverence and confidence as children to a father able and ready to help us; and secondly, that we should pray with and for others. (Six requests follow...) 1) “ Hallowed be your name ...” we pray that God may enable us and others to glorify him in all in which he makes himself known; and that he would overrule all things for his own glory. 2) “ Your kingdom come ...” we pray that Satan's kingdom may be destroyed, that the kingdom of grace may be advanced and ourselves and o...