Our Father: Part 1

Many people know how to say the Our Father and learn it from an early age. We can recite it almost without thinking about it. But what do the words of this prayer really mean? Could it be that there is more significance in these words? Jesus Christ gave us this prayer. What is He teaching us in and through this prayer? What can reflection on the words we say so often in this prayer reveal about our relationship with God and how we are to draw near to Him? In this first part of a series on the "Our Father,” Fred begins to unpack, line by line, the profound meaning of this "most perfect prayer" - as St Thomas Aquinas called it - and answers some of these very questions.

Discussion Questions:

1. What does the Our Father reveal to us about the way we should approach prayer? Our relationship with God the Father? And even the Christian life? How can we apply this truth to our lives? How is this challenging? How is it encouraging?

2. What is the Gospel message? How has this message impacted your life? What does the realization that we are praying the Gospel message in the Our Father mean for you?

3. What are some of the initial “take aways” for you regarding the Our Father? How might this effect your prayer of the Our Father?

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