Our Father
I have been reading a book, Could you not Tarry One Hour? by Larry Lea. In this book, the author discusses praying for one hour. The subject of the book is taken from the scripture where Jesus is asking his disciples to pray with him for one hour but they fall asleep (Mathew 26:39-41). The book goes on to speak about the Lord’s Prayer (Luke 11:2). As I am reading the prayer, God speaks into my spirit and says, “Write the meaning of “our,” so listed below for you is the definition.
Our
determiner
possessive pronoun: our
1. belong to or associate with the speaker and one or more other people
previously mentioned or easily identified
“Jo and I had our hair cut”
ï Belonging to or associating with people in general
“when we hear a sound, our brains identify the source quickly”
2. Used by a writer, editor or monarch to refer to something belonging to or associate with himself or herself
“we want to know what you, our readers, think”
God intentionally told us to start our prayer with “Our” because he wanted us to understand and know that we belonged to Him. He wanted us confident that we are indeed His and He is ours. We are His possession. When we say, “Our Father” we belong to God. I’ve also listed the definition of “belong” for you below:
Belong
verb
1. be the property of
“the vehicle did not belong to him”
synonyms: be around by, be the property of, be the possession of, be held by, be in
hands of
“the house belongs to his mother”
2. be a member or part of (a particular group, organization, or class)
“they belong to garden and bridge clubs”
God has confirmed to us that although Satan tries to make us feel lonely and unloved we can be confident that we are His. He has purposely given us confidence every time we say our prayers that we belong to the most high God of the universe: Adonai! Hallelujah!
Our Father, thank you for this confidence and assurance that we belong to you! We love you Lord. Amen
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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