Blog Post 3/02/2023 - “Letting God Show Through & The Our Father”

Homily for Communion Service at Country Meadows, “Letting God Show Through & The Our Father”

One Sunday as they drove home from church, a little girl turned to her mother & said, "Mommy, there’s something about the preacher’s message this morning that I don’t understand."  

 

The mother said, "Oh? What is it?"  The little girl replied, "Well, he said that God is bigger than we are.  He said God is so big that He could hold the whole world in His hand.

 

Is that true?"  The mother replied, "Yes, that's true, honey."

"But Mommy, he also said that God comes to live inside of us when we believe in Jesus as our Savior.  

Is that true, too?"  

 

Again, the mother assured the little girl that what the pastor had said was true.  With a puzzled look on her face the little girl then asked, "If God is bigger than us& He lives in us, wouldn't He show through?"  [Sermons.com Jerry Shirley, When God Shows Through]

 

Lent is a reminder for us to allow God to show through our actions.

To do that well praying the Our Father can help us.

The 1^st part of the Our Father deals with the name, reign & the will of God: 1. hallowed be your name, 2. your kingdom come &    3. your will be done.

The 2^nd part deals with the disciples’ interests: 1. give us today our daily bread, 2. forgive us our trespasses, 3. lead us not into temptation & 4. deliver us from evil.  

“In the Our Father, Jesus summarized all that he wanted & hoped for.”

May God Be Praised.