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The Worthiness of God

The second line of Jesus’ Model Prayer is “Your name be honored as holy” (Matt. 6:9). 

Having addressed God as Father, Jesus moves us deeper into prayer by asking the Lord for His name to be honored as holy. This part of Jesus’ prayer challenges our priorities and desires by rightly prioritizing God and His glory above anything else.

To be holy means to be set apart. God is utterly distinct and should be addressed as such. In His prayer, Jesus asked the Father to set apart His name because the Father deserves to be set apart and receive glory for His greatness. God’s holiness and greatness should lead us to worship

The Christian life should be centered on the glory of God more than on our personal needs. In this video we’ll dig more deeply into the name and glory of God to learn how a desire for God’s renown should characterize our lives.

This second line of Jesus’ Model Prayer reminds us that the true focus of prayer isn’t us; it’s God and His glory. Even the personal requests we make in prayer are all granted with God’s glory in mind. Our prayers must reflect the fact that our greatest desire is for God’s name to be known and honored in the world.

Our prayers often reveal where our true priorities lie. If we’re praying primarily for our own comfort or our own needs, we’re likely focused on ourselves. But if our prayers reveal a desire for God’s name and glory to be lifted up, we’re following Jesus down the road of self-denial.