Notes of Faith August 25, 2025
I thank my God for the gift of my wife, Robin, as we celebrate 46 years together today!
End With Praise!
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Matthew 6:13
Reba McEntire says that singing the Lord’s Prayer is spirituality at its most profound. “It’s all God,” she said. “He’s the reason for everything.”
The climactic moment in the Lord’s Prayer, whether sung or spoken, is when it all circles back to God: “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.” Notice that word “for,” which links all our requests with God’s glory. Why do we ask for God’s will to be done on earth? Why do we request our daily bread? Why do we pray, “Deliver us from evil?” It’s all for God’s glory.
We end the Lord’s Prayer by praising the great attributes of God. It would be very difficult for us to bring Him all of our needs and issues if we ended our prayer with a sense of our need rather than a sense of the One who has promised to meet our need. As you pray, remember God’s sovereignty, His power, His majesty, and His eternity. In prayer and in all of life, let’s end with praise!
We are often so preoccupied with our petitions to our Father that we completely forget to praise Him for who He is and what He has done.
1 Chron 29:10-13
"Praise be to you, O Lord,
God of our father Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom;
you are exalted as head over all.
12 Wealth and honor come from you;
you are the ruler of all things.
In your hands are strength and power
to exalt and give strength to all.
13 Now, our God, we give you thanks,
and praise your glorious name.
We express our maturity in Christ when we revere and honor God. We speak to God not only to confess sin, request forgiveness and seek His provision but to know Him and have intimate relationship with Him. May our thoughts be the heart and desire of our Father in heaven through whom we have life… and that eternal!
We praise You God for who You are and love You because You first loved us!
Pastor Dale