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As they examine each familiar phrase of the Lord's Prayer, readers will uncover a profound framework for spiritual growth. In a reader-friendly, memorable style, David Timms points to Jesus's teaching on community, love for the broken and isolated, holiness in an age of profanity, dealing with the evil within, resisting temptations, and much more. This critically acclaimed book will appeal to all who desire to go deeper into spiritual formation, helping them taste the life-giving water that only Jesus can provide. The new discussion guide makes it a great book for small groups as well as individuals.

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Philosophie et théologie

Prayer in Christianity

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	01 février 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441207784
Langue	English

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Living the Lord s Prayer
David Timms
Living the Lord s Prayer
David Timms
Living the Lord s Prayer Copyright 2008 David Timms
Cover design by Greg Jackson, Thinkpen Design, Inc.
All emphasis in Scripture is the author s.
Unless otherwise identified, Scripture quotations are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations identified NKJV are from the New King James Version of the Bible. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations identified NASB are from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE. Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission. ( www.Lockman.org )
Scripture quotations identified KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible .
Scripture quotations identified The Message are from The Message . Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise-without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Published by Bethany House Publishers 11400 Hampshire Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesota 55438
Bethany House Publishers is a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 978-0-7642-0743-3

Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Timms, David.
Living the Lord s prayer / David Timms.
p. cm.
Summary: Examines the Lord s Prayer as a simple but profound framework for the journey toward Christian maturity -Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-7642-0506-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Lord s prayer-Criticism, interpretation, etc. 1. Title.
BV230.T46 2008
226.9 606-dc22
2008014106
To my parents, John and Pam Timms, who have lived these words all of my life.
Our Father in the heavens,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into testing,
but deliver us from the evil.
For yours is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
(MATTHEW 6:9-13)
This is my own translation based on the Greek text.
Acknowledgments
It s misleading to place just one name on the cover of this book. A wonderful God-assembled community deserves recognition.
Tim Riter relentlessly pushed me to become a writer, and when this book took shape in my heart, he gave it a title. Kyle Duncan, Vice-President/Editorial at Bethany House, inspired me with his enthusiasm for the project. My LifeGroup (Kevin and Darcy, Keith and Tracy, Brent and Cynthia, Scott and Stephanie, Don and Sonia, Rob and Shannon, Gary and Carol) has listened to so many of these concepts and allowed me the space to air and explore them further. Gary and Carol also opened their mountain cabin as a writer s retreat for me. Scott and Stephanie devoted many hours to reading the manuscript and offering much needed guidance. The administration at Hope International University encouraged me to keep writing. Ellen Chalifoux, my editor at Bethany House, has critiqued and shaped the rough timbers into dressed ones. My sincerest and deepest thanks to each of you.
I also want to acknowledge my online community. Since January 2001, hundreds of folk-some of whom I know personally and most I do not-have graciously received my regular In Hope emails. That online community has allowed me to write often about the themes of this book and given feedback that has shaped it significantly.
A special thanks to my wife, Kim, who has always insisted that I have a writing voice and should use it. Her faith in Christ inspires me and her support of me to write on spiritual formation-when I have so far to grow in my own life- amazes me.
I did not assemble this community or the many other wonderful people in my life. All honor to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
The Lord s Prayer and Spiritual Formation
1 OUR
Committing to Community
2 FATHER
Experiencing Love and Security
3 IN THE HEAVENS
Developing a Cosmic Perspective
4 HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME
Pressing Toward Holiness
5 YOUR KINGDOM COME
Overturning Our Kingdoms
6 YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
Transforming Willfulness to Willingness
7 GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD
Learning Dependence and Simplicity
8 FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN OUR DEBTORS
Nurturing a Culture of Grace
9 LEAD US NOT INTO TESTING, BUT DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL
Growing in Faith and Obedience
10 YOURS IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY
Abandoning our Pursuit of Control and Fame
11 AMEN
Living With a Yes
POSTSCRIPT
Study Guide
Additional Resources
Selected Bibliography
Endnotes
Introduction
The Lord s Prayer and Spiritual Formation
In December 1911, Douglas Mawson, a twenty-nine-year-old Australian geologist and explorer, led a twenty-five-man scientific team to the frozen and forbidding tundra of eastern Antarctica. The team established a base at Commonwealth Bay and sent out small expeditionary parties. After a brutal winter at base camp, Mawson decided to explore the interior with two companions, a dog handler named Belgrave Ninnis and world ski champion Xavier Mertz.
The three men planned to travel twelve hundred miles across the largely uncharted territory, but the conditions proved far more arduous than expected. After six weeks, the men and their dogs had covered only three hundred miles. They decided to turn back, but that very day Ninnis, along with the six strongest dogs and the food sled, vanished into a crevasse. Mawson and Mertz had just a week s supply of food for themselves, no dog rations for their six remaining huskies, and a five-week journey ahead of them to return to Commonwealth Bay.
They set off, shooting the weakest dogs one by one for food as their hunger demanded. Mawson and Mertz noticed deep strips of their own skin peeling off, not realizing that the huskies livers were poisoning them with toxic amounts of vitamin A. After three weeks-and still a long distance from the base camp-Mertz died. Mawson pushed on. He made it to Aladdin s Cave, an outpost just five and a half miles from base camp, where fierce winds stranded him for a week. Finally the weather broke and Mawson made the steep hike down to camp. But he arrived too late. The ship sent to pick up his expedition had sailed away just six hours before. Remarkably, six men had waited in case Mawson returned, and they holed up in the camp with him until the ship came back for them-ten and a half months later. 1
We want to know the deep interior things of God.
We might marvel at such a story of courage, hunger, and survival. Yet those events a century ago reflect the spiritual journey for many of us. Just as Douglas Mawson could not be tied down to a mundane, ordinary life, many of us feel the same way about our spiritual lives. Surely God did not intend the abundant life to be drab, boring, empty, or tedious. We harbor deep suspicions that something deeper and vaster lies beyond our daily routines. We may not face howling winds and blistering cold or find ourselves stranded on the most desolate and isolated continent of the world, but many of us share the deep yearning to explore the spiritual realm more fully. We want to know the deep interior things of God. Along the way, we face a range of obstacles that stop some of us in our tracks. We find ourselves, at times, distracted-even poisoned-by things we thought were harmless. And then at the moment we feel like we ve finally arrived home, we find that the ship has left with most of our friends.
The journey to know the heart of God can seem every bit as exhilarating and stretching as an Antarctic expedition. Thankfully, others have already explored and charted the territory. Christian men and women throughout the centuries have walked the Way ahead of us and left maps and markers, and Jesus has done it most clearly of all.
In the pages ahead, we ll examine some of their findings and discoveries. We ll walk behind them and explore places that perhaps we ve not seen before. And we ll see how Jesus captures it all in the Lord s Prayer.
Not everyone wants to be an Antarctic explorer. It s easier and more comfortable to sit at home and let life pass by. Many of us prefer entertainment to exploration. But for those with a spirit of adventure and a hunger for the new, this book invites you to an old Journey. If you re willing to pack only the essentials and pursue the wonderful interior places of faith, we ll get underway.
A Shared Hunger
Our quest has a long history. For centuries Christian men and women have desired a deeper walk with God. The desert hermits of Egypt in the second and third centuries went to extreme measures in their pursuit of God. Some secluded themselves for years in caves. Others, known as stylites, lived long periods perched on tall poles. Can you imagine? Have you met any pole-sitters recently? They believed that withdrawal from a decadent society could propel them into divine intimacy. They too wanted to know God and change their world. But the hot deserts, lonely caves, and strange locations generally failed to yield the secrets of the deeper Christian life. The harsh environment by itself could not deepen the heart of a person.
For two thousand years various Christian mystics and devout believers have advocated a range of pathways t