Our Father in Heaven pt.1

God Almighty, not God All-matey

Yesterday, we continued our series on the Lord's Prayer and heard from God's word about how remembering who we are praying to is the single most important aspect of prayer, transforming it from struggle to delight.

Jesus tells us to start our prayers by holding together two key things about God as we pray - that he is both the Almighty God and he is our Father. We will, though, only really understand the wonder of calling God father when we first understand how remarkable it is that the creator of the universe should even notice us, let alone call us his children. 

Why not try today to focus on how great and mighty and awesome God is (and then tomorrow focus on how wonderful it is that he is our father.) Spend 5-10 minutes at the start of your prayer time thinking about how awesome he is. Start by reading Isaiah 6.1-7 and try to imagine what it would have been like to be in Isaiah's shoes. What would it look like, what would it take to have had Isaiah's reaction? Perhaps you could think and pray about God's:

• Greatness - thinking about the universe is a good way into this
• Power - thinking about the most powerful things that we know (storms, weapons etc.) and then praising God that he is so infinitely more powerful
• Goodness - think about and praise God that he never does anything wrong.

"Creator God, you are so amazing, you created the whole universe (especially...). I exist because you made me, I am still alive because you keep on giving me life. Almighty God, I praise you because you are so powerful. Compared to you the most powerful things in this world - whether armies, companies or even just my boss - are nothing. Nothing and no-one can stop you. Holy God, you are so perfect. You always do what is right and wrongdoing and evil are obliterated in your presence...."