The Lord's Prayer

Sunday, 25th February 2007

One of the most recited passages of the Scriptures is none other than the Prayer that Jesus taught His disciples (or more commonly referred to as "The Lord's Prayer").

This was recorded in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, viz:

Matt 6:9-13
9"This, then, is how you should pray:" 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11Give us today our daily bread. 12Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Luke 11:1-4
1One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
2He said to them, "When you pray, say: " 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 3Give us each day our daily bread. 4Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.

Do you know this prayer was sung to the tune of Old Lang Syne by Sir Cliff Richard?


Entitled as "The Millennium Prayer", it went to No.1 of the secular British charts at the end of 1999, where it remained for 3 consecutive weeks, even though many radio stations across the country refused to play the song.


You can watch the video of that song here:



A more "ethnic" version of the Lord's Prayer was sung at the Ordination Service held in Living Hope Methodist Church in Nov last year. I was surprised to hear that the composer of this version is none other than Yusof, the husband of Susanna, our Music & Worship Director! RevBarnz also likes this version, and I gather that is probably why we have started to sing it each week at the end of the corporate prayer.

I have been wanting to record the song to upload onto YouTube, so I brought my videocam to church last week. As it turned out, we did not sing it last week, but instead saw a skit on the Prodigal Son put up by our drama ministry. Since I had my videocam with me, I recorded that instead :-)

Well, we did sing it today, so here it is for your viewing and listening pleasure :-)





Shalom
Malcolm