Adoring Our Father July 15

Thursday Prayer Focus

                                                                         Pray for your extended family and all of their physical and spiritual needs.       

Adoring Our Father

Just like we have seen in the Lord’s Prayer, our prayers should hallow or show adoration to the Lord and His name. Our prayers should be adoring our Father on a regular basis.  When we begin our prayers praising and adoring our Father, our immediate focus becomes God and not ourselves. This is a good habit when beginning a prayer time or when we are learning to pray.  The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, so we too can better learn how to pray.

We will look at a few examples of prayers of adoration.  The focus is always on the greatness and majesty of the Lord. I like to write down these passages and pray them to the Lord during prayer time.

Philippians 2:9-11

9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 
11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

 

Our Father in heaven,

Hallowed be Your name.

We are still looking at His hallowed name and how to honor and reverence His name.

Psalm 95:6
Come, let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

Psalm 96:1 NKJV

Sing to the Lord a new song;
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, bless His name;
Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.
Tell of His glory among the nations,
His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Glorifying-God

Praying without ceasing

 Psalm 99:5 NKJV

Exalt the LORD our God, And worship at His footstool— He is holy.

Psalm 16:2

O my soul, you have said to the Lord,
“You are my Lord,
My goodness is nothing apart from You.”

 

 

Romans 14:11 NKJV

For it is written: As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

Psalm 145:1-3
1 I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name forever and ever. 
2 Every day I will praise you and extol your name forever and ever. 
3 Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.