3 Lifting Your Name
Y eshua’s “Avinu” אבינו Our Father) His Patterns for Prayer [3] “Hallowed be Thy name…” the Names of God as an outline for prayer. The Traditional Avinu Malkeinu Prayer in English (The Ark is opened.) Our Father, our King, we have sinned before You. Our Father, our King, we have no King but You. Our Father, our King, act [benevolently] with us for the sake of Your Name. In creating a strategy for prayer, I would like to state the obvious: We pray to God, so... Who is He? It would help us to understand WHO we are praying to. Right? It’s interesting to note, that it’s one of the first things God himself wants us to know about know. This is true of all relationships. We can’t relate to someone we don’t understand. Correction: we can relate to them in a superficial way. There is a parashah called Va’Ereh וָאֵרָ֗א ( Exodus 6:2-9:35) which is God saying “I appeared” וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־מֹ...