LORD’S DAY 50 125. What is the fourth petition? “Give us this day our daily bread,” that is, be pleased to provide for all our bodily need, so that we may thereby acknowledge you to be the only fountain of all good, and that without Your blessing neither our care and labor, nor Your gifts […]

LORD’S DAY 49 124. What is the third petition? “Your will be done in earth as it is in heaven,” that is, grant that we and all men renounce our own will, and without disputing obey Your will which alone is good; that so every one may fulfill his office and calling as willingly and

LORD’S DAY 48 123. What is the second petition? “Your kingdom come,” that is, so govern us by Your Word and Spirit, that we submit ourselves to You always more and more; preserve and increase Your Church; destroy the works of the devil, every power that exalts itself against You, and all wicked devices formed

LORD’S DAY 47 122. What is the first petition? “Hallowed be Your name,” that is, grant us first, rightly to know You, and to hallow, magnify, and praise You in all Your works, in which Your power, goodness, justice, mercy, and truth shine forth; and further, that we so order our whole life, our thoughts,

LORD’S DAY 46 120. Why did Christ command us to address God thus: “Our Father?” To awaken in us at the very beginning of our prayer that childlike reverence for and trust in God, which are to be the ground of our prayer, namely, that God has become our Father through Christ, and will much