本期视频中，魏泰德牧师谈论了众所周知祷告，也就是“主祷文”，这是耶稣登山宝训中的部分内容。

耶稣的门徒常常看到祂祷告，请求祂教导他们如何祷告。作为回应，耶稣重现了祂的祷告，记载于马太福音6:9-13.

主祷文从“我们在天上的父”作为创新的开头，向我们保证上帝是我们的父亲，我们是祂的儿女。

 “如果你称上帝为你的父，你就是承认自己是祂的儿女，听从祂智慧的引导，并在凡事上顺服，深知祂的爱是永不改变的。你要接受祂为你的人生所制定的计划。作为上帝的儿女，你要以祂的尊荣，祂的品德，祂的家庭，祂的工作为你最关心的对象。”（怀爱伦《福山宝训》105页）

主祷文继续说：“愿人都尊你的名为圣。愿你的国降临。愿你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。”（马太福音6:9-10）

当我们祷告时，应该尊称上帝的名，祈求我们也能成圣。

“你生活的一举一动，都要表显上帝的圣名。这个祈祷也是呼吁你拥有祂的品德。 然而你只有接受基督的恩典和公义，才能做到这一点。” （怀爱伦《福山宝训》107页）

还有，耶稣教导门徒祷告“愿你国降临”的原因，是保证祂必定会再来，而我们要扮演的是催促祂的再来。

继续看这部分提到的，“愿你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上”，这是希望恶魔终结，罪被永远消除，上帝的公义最终被建立的恳求。

然后，主祷文转向我们的需要，说：“日用的饮食今日赐给我们。”这不仅包括了肉体的食物，也包括滋养灵命的灵粮。因此，“耶稣我是从天上降下来生命的粮；人若吃这粮，就必永远活着。”（约翰福音6:51）

主祷文下一个要点聚焦在饶恕上，说：“赦免我们的罪，因为我们也赦免凡亏欠我们的人。”（路加福音11:4）此处，耶稣强调祂愿意赦免我们的罪，我们应该要同样赦免错待我们的人。当然，这绝非易事。但因着认识上帝的爱，我们能扩展同情心和饶恕别人。

接着，由于撒但伺机把我们引入试探，以致于它可以宣称我们是属它的。但是，若我们在祷告中转向上帝，祂就会：“不叫我们遇见试探，救我们脱离凶恶。”（马太福音6:13）

 “在我们献上基督所教导的祷文时，我们是在呈上自己顺从上帝的引导，祈求祂带领我们走在安全的道路上……我们应等候祂圣手的引领，倾听祂的声音说：‘这是正路，要行在其间’(赛30:21)。” （《福山宝训》117页）

主祷文以指向天父而结束，说：“因为国度、权柄、荣耀、全是你的，直到永远。阿们”（马太福音6:13）向我们保证上帝掌管一切，祂的应许必定实现。

天上的至尊者亲自安排着万国的命运和祂教会的一切事务……那位永不打盹，经常为成全其旨意而工作的主，必推进他自己的圣工……当列王的要塞都告瓦解之时，当忿怒之箭射入他仇敌的心之时，他的子民仍必在他的手中安全无虞。（《福山宝训》121页）

何等的特权能向上帝祷告啊！

愿主的祷告激励我们也如此祈求。

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In this episode, Pastor Ted Wilson talks about the well-known prayer called The Lord’s Prayer, as part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.

Jesus’ disciples often saw Him praying and asked Him to teach them how to pray. In response, Jesus again presented His prayer recorded in Matthew 6:9-13.

The Lord’s Prayer begins with the invocation “Our Father,” assuring us God is our Father and we are His children.

“If you call God your Father, you acknowledge yourselves [as] His children, to be guided by His wisdom and to be obedient in all things, knowing that His love is changeless. You will accept His plan for your life…you will hold His honor, His character, His family, His work, as the objects of your highest interest” (Ellen White, Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, page 105).

The prayer continues, “Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:9-10, KJV).

When we pray, we should speak God’s name with reverence and ask that it may be hallowed in us. “In every act of life, you are to make manifest the name of God. This petition calls upon you to possess His character…This you can do only through the acceptance of the grace and righteousness of Christ” (Ellen White, Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, page 107).

Moving on, the fact that Jesus taught His disciples to pray “Thy kingdom come,” is an assurance that He will definitely come again. And we have a part to play in hastening His coming.

Following that is the part mentioning, “Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven,” which is a petition for evil to end, sin to be forever destroyed, and God’s righteousness to be established.

After this, the prayer turns to our needs, saying, “Give us this day our daily bread.” It includes not only physical food but also the spiritual bread that nourishes the soul. With this, Jesus is “the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever” (John 6:51, KJV).

The next part of the prayer focuses on forgiveness, saying, “Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone that is indebted to us” (Luke 11:4, KJV). Here, Jesus emphasizes in as much as He is willing to forgive us for our sins, we should also forgive those who have wronged us. This is, however, not easy to do. But by realizing God’s love, we can extend compassion and forgiveness to others.

Moving on, Satan seeks to bring us into temptation so he may claim us as his own. However, if we turn to God in prayer, He will “lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13, NIV).

“In offering the prayer that Christ has given, we surrender ourselves to the guidance of God, asking Him to lead us in safe paths…We shall wait for His hand to lead us; we shall listen to His voice, saying, ‘This is the way, walk ye in it’ (Isaiah 30:21)” (Ellen White, Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, page 117).

The Lord’s Prayer ends pointing to the Father, saying, “For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen” (Matthew 6:13, KJV). This assures us God is in control and His promises will be fulfilled.

As Ellen White said, “The Majesty of heaven has the destiny of nations, as well as the concerns of His church, in His own charge…He who slumbers not, who is continually at work for the accomplishment of His designs, will carry forward His own work…When the strongholds of kings shall be overthrown, when the arrows of wrath shall strike through the hearts of His enemies, His people will be safe in His hands” (Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, page 121).

What a privilege to pray to God!

May The Lord’s Prayer be the inspiration for our prayers too.

To learn more about this topic, read Ellen White’s book Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing and download its digital copy at https://egwwritings.org/.