clark
i thought the reason for the lords prayer was because god said he already knew what man wanted so he should just say "our father, which ....
about the other stuff, I understand what yawl are saying. And that sounds good from that perspective. Why cant the rest of us have freedom to smoke, drink, gamble, cuss, have sex other than missionary position, have sex out of wedlock, and other outlaw stuff that we like. Like the guy crying about the gay parades, why does he keep going to them if he dont like em. Everything your saying sounds good, but thats why god gave us free will. So we could choose whether or not to do the right thing, not do the right thing because there was no other choice. If god saw fit to give us free will, what gives one person the right to take that free will from another.
No person has the right to take free will away from another. Look at all my posts and you will see that I have never advocated that. I actually agree with the poster that said that marriage should be taken away from the state and be left up to the church.
Christians shouldn't hate anyone for any of the choices you list. I certainly don't because I know I have too many of my own sins to be pointing my finger at you.
What I do advocate is that God's plan is better than ours. I advocate following his plan completely, even though I stumble through it myself. God isn't against all the things you list because he doesn't want us having any fun. God is against sin because death is associated with every sin. God just knows that there are certain things you can't do if you want to live a happy, fulfilling, and long life.That's why God doesn't want us involved in those things.
As far as the Lords Prayer, it was Jesus's response when the disciples asked Jesus how to pray. It's more of a guide for prayer rather than just a prayer to be recited.
Our father who art in Heaven
In this verse we meditate and realize that through Jesus God really is our father. We can express gratitude for his adoption and ask for the guidance of a father.
Hallowed be thy name
Here is where we praise God for his name which is above all names.We acknowledge God as supreme and holy. We praise his name as we are reminded of all he has done for us.
Thy kingdom come
We are expectantly awaiting for God to set everything right at his coming. We long for his Justice and the restoration of all things that will come when his kingdom is fully established on the earth.
And so on
A person could pray for hours just on the guide of our Lord's prayer.
