The new way refers to using different parts of our body.
Our Father in heaven, HEAD.
hallowed be your name, MOUTH.
your kingdom come, SHOULDERS, ARMS AND HANDS.
your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. HEART.
Give us today our daily bread. STOMACH.
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. BACK.
And lead us not into temptation, HIPS AND GENITAL AREA.
but deliver us from the evil one. LEGS AND FEET.
For about eight week I will be preaching on each one of these petitions. I started Sunday talking about the head. Our Father who is in heaven connects with us through our head, our mind, imagination, understanding.
hallowed be your name, MOUTH.
your kingdom come, SHOULDERS, ARMS AND HANDS.
your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. HEART.
Give us today our daily bread. STOMACH.
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. BACK.
And lead us not into temptation, HIPS AND GENITAL AREA.
but deliver us from the evil one. LEGS AND FEET.
For about eight week I will be preaching on each one of these petitions. I started Sunday talking about the head. Our Father who is in heaven connects with us through our head, our mind, imagination, understanding.
We "hallow" His name using our mouth. There is so much to teach about the way we talk and encourage people to bring glory to His name through our way of speaking.
The only way God will use us to bring His kingdom among us is through the work of our hands. We will show the world how it is to live in God's kingdom.
His will ought to dominate our hearts so in every single heart beat and blood flow, His will should flood every single millimeter of our bodies.
When the time comes to teach about our daily bread, I will not only talk about the stomach but about everything that nurtures or destroys the temple of the Holy Spirit.
Our debts or the offenses that we have committed are like a big burden on our backs.
We will center our thinking on the genital and private area of our bodies. We will not only talk about sexual temptation, but we will reflect also on the middle part of our bodies where men have pockets and women hang their purses. In them we keep keys to our possessions (car, house, office, etc.) which are sources of temptations. We keep our cell phones which sometimes we misuse and fall into temptation. We also keep our wallets, symbols of our income.
Finally, the only way God will deliver us from the evil one, will be through our own legs and feet. We need to flee from the bad ways.
I guarantee you that this will be a powerful teaching for our congregation. You can listen to the Spanish sermon on our website, or at least recommend it to your Latino friends.
Sometime in the future God will allow us to teach it in English, or Italian, or....
