The Lord's Prayer

i know this is kind of... out of the ordinary. But I was thinking about this yesterday. I want this to become my "Mantra," "Blueprint," "Theme," what have you. How many of us really truly think about these words?

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen
(King James Bible AD 1611)


"...Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us..... For Thine is the ....power and glory for ever."

I want to take it line by line.

*"Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven...." : Pretty self explanitory. But it is the TRUE plea for World order and peace.
*"Give us this day our daily bread...": This is one of the lines that stuck out the most. Jesus could get his "bread" for himself, most likely. But he asked His Father for it. We are looking at the possibility of having more money than we ever thought. And we NEED it to do the things we need to do in this life. But no matter how much money we have, we need to be asking Our Father daily to give us the things we need to sustain our lives. For "The Lord giveth, and He taketh away." We can lose millions of dollars just as fast as we can get it. We need to NEVER forget WHO gives us our "Daily Bread."
*"Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us...": This is our task in life.... to be willing to turn our "load,"sin,"frailties," etc over to the Lord, and ask him to remove them.... BUT we have to do it for others too!!!! We CANNOT ask for our imperfections to be forgiven and then refuse to overlook another's.
*"For THINE is the power and glory forever...": Again, pretty self explanitory. BUT we need to remember to give GOD the Glory. Not us. Not man. The power to give and to take away is HIS. Always. We are so insignificant in comparison. And for those who seek power, and glory... well, the best way to truly get it, is to become like Our Father.