Sermon Summary--Lord's Prayer

The more I think about Sunday's sermon, and it's been a lot, the more I see that the elements contained in this model prayer are more matters of the heart than the lips. Below are a few reminders.

• The Lord's Prayer is divided into eight (8) sections and the first four (4) concern themselves with the nature of God. Hint: Your worded or contemplative prayers should start with Power--they should start with the nature of God. Not with your problems and seeming personal concerns. Powerful praying is always about shifting your focus from the problem to the Power (God).
• Jesus often links prayer and forgiveness together, and he does this in the Lord's Prayer as well. When you pray, if you cannot enter the "prayer closet" with a forgiving heart, you must enter with at least the willingness to forgive. Forgiveness of others is important, but so is forgiveness of self. Remember our whole aim is to see (perceive) God and only God. When we see others, we are to see (perceive) their Divinity. Yes the humanity, like the setting sun, looks real, but it's not. It's not your reality, and it's not anyone's.
• "Thy will be done." This is all about complete surrender to your Divine nature. In a nutshell, it's about completely surrendering your Body to its immortal, perfect and whole nature. It's about surrendering your Mind to "that same mind that was also in Christ Jesus who thought it not robbery to be equal to God." It's about surrendering your entire life to the presence of Perfection.