In “And When You Pray…” parts one and two, we learned the proper attitude for prayer. We have remembered Who we are speaking to and we honored His name.
We humans, when left to our own resources, tend to construct important and regal sounding prayers. It has always been that way. That’s why Jesus gave us a simple pattern for prayer. So, let’s continue our study.

Matthew 6:10
May your Kingdom come soon.
May your will be done here on earth,
just as it is in heaven.

Your Kingdom come
We invite Jesus Himself to walk into our world. We ask Him to bring His kingdom into our home. This gives Him authority over our marriages, our families, our businesses and our recreation.

Your will be done .
We acknowledge that God knows what is best and we surrender our will to His. This means His will for our life, but also for our city and our country as well.

When we spend time with God, often, in prayer and in studying His word, we can know His will. Our will, begins to conform to His.

• 1 John 5:14
  And we can be confident that he will listen to us whenever we ask him for anything in line with his will.

On earth as it is in heaven
We know that God’s will is supreme in heaven and we pray that the same conditions might exist on earth .

The Kingdom of Heaven will become a near reality to us as soon as we invite Jesus Christ into our lives.

• Mark 1:15
  “ At last the time has come! ” he announced. “ The Kingdom of God is near! Turn from your sins and believe this Good News! ”

Matthew 6:11
Give us today our daily bread.
God is the creator. Everything belongs to Him and He provides for our everyday needs. In this context, “daily’ means ‘sufficient for today.’ Jesus expects us to ask Him to care for personal needs, such as daily food. We are to ask and to trust Him to sufficiently supply us.

• Matthew 6:31-33
  So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’
  All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
  But seek first the kingdom (of God) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides.

You are asking your Creator to make His Kingdom a reality in your life. Ask Him to work in you until your will conforms to His. Trust Him to supply your daily needs because you know that He, in His perfect wisdom, knows exactly what you need.
Look for the conclusion of this series next week.

This is one of my all time favorite books. Using the Lord's Prayer as a floor plan, Max Lucado introduces us to a God who desires his children to draw close to him.
The Great House Of God