9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ 14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
- Matthew 6:9-15
We can pray for extraordinary things based on our relationship with God “our Father.”
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
- John1:12
17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
- John 20:17
We can pray for extraordinary things because our father “in heaven” operates in a totally different realm.
Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool;
- Isaiah 66:1
We can pray for extraordinary things as we “hallow” God’s name because he’s in a class all by himself.
Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
- Psalm 29:1-2