The Lord's Prayer


                                  O God,
                                  You are mother and father to me
                                                  and so much more than I can
        imagine.
                                  Your name is holy.
                                  I spend time welcoming your influence
                                                   into my life and into my
        world.
                                  I want your realm present to me.
                                  May your desires be done now
                                                   as they are in the heavens.
                                 Give me the bread I need for today;
                                  I have confidence that you will look
                                            after my necessities.
                                  Forgive me for the ways I make you sad
                                  As I try to forgive others
                                            who have also disappointed
                                            or hurt me.
                                  Be with me as I depend on you
                                            to lead me on the safe road,
                                            struggling against false
        attractions,
                                            protecting me from all forms of
        evil.
                                  For you are everlasting,
                                  My strength, my wisdom, my God.


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