God's will is not done by people who do not regard God with reverence and with adoration.

And so that the very beginning of godliness, the very beginning of transformation in our lives

begins with our attitude and our posture before the very character of God.

A renewed mind and heart, by God's grace, leads to a transformed life.

It was true for R.C. Sprole, as you'll hear today,

and perhaps it was true for you that one of the

first transformative changes in your life as a new Christian was how you used your tongue, a

transformation of your speech. Welcome to the Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm

Nathan W. Bingham.

Hallowed be thy name, to quote an older translation. That is what R.C. Sprole will consider today as we continue to explore elements of the Lord's Prayer. So what does it mean? Is it part of our

address to God in prayer? Or is it a request, a petition? Here's Dr. Sprold to explain.

As we continue now with our study of the Lord's Prayer, we remember that when Jesus

answered the question of the disciples, teach us to pray, that he gave a model prayer saying, when you

pray, pray like this. So let me begin today by asking you this question. What are the priorities

of your prayer life? Look for a moment into your own mind and ask yourself the

question, what are the things that you tend to pray about repeatedly, the recurring themes of your

prayer? What is most important to you when you come before God in prayer? And I'll hold that

thought for a second as we look now again to the teaching of Christ regarding prayer. He said,

when you pray, pray like this. And in that model that he gave, he suggested that we pray saying, our Father, who art in

heaven. And we've looked at the significance of that personal form of address that Jesus gives

to his disciples. But after we move beyond the form of address, we then look at the structure

of the Lord's Prayer and see what we call

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