A Prayer using the Lord’s Prayer
By Gerry Straker, 28 Oct 2025
A Prayer using the Lord’s Prayer
Adapted from the Heidelberg Catechism Questions 120-129
Our Father
As we call to you in prayer, we express our childlike reverence and trust
that through Christ you O God have become our Father,
You will much less refuse to give us what we ask in faith
than will our parents refuse us the things of this life.1
Who is in heaven
You have all heavenly majesty
And almighty power
and give us everything needed for body and soul.
Hallowed be your name
Help us to truly know you,
to honour, glorify, and praise you
for all your works
and for all that shines forth from them:
your almighty power, wisdom, kindness,
justice, mercy, and truth.
Help us to direct all our living—
what we think, say, and do—
so that your name will never be blasphemed because of us
but always honoured and praised.
Your kingdom come
Rule us by your Word and Spirit in such a way
that more and more we submit to you.
Preserve and increase your church
Destroy the devil’s work;
destroy every force which revolts against you
and every conspiracy against your holy Word.
Do all this until your kingdom fully comes,
when you will be all in alL.
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Help us and all people
to renounce our own wills
and without any back talk to obey your will,
for it alone is good.1
Help everyone carry out his office and calling,
as willingly and faithfully as the angels in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
Provide for all our physical needs
so that we may recognize
that you are the only source of everything good,
and that neither our care and work
nor your gifts
can do us any good without your blessing.
Therefore may we withdraw our trust from all creatures
and place it in you alone.
Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us
Because of Christ’s blood,
do not impute to us, poor sinners that we are,
any of the transgressions we do
or the evil that constantly clings to us.
Forgive us just as we are fully determined,
as evidence of your grace in us,
wholeheartedly to forgive our neighbours
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
We are so weak that we cannot stand
on our own for a moment,
and our sworn enemies—
the devil, the world, and our own flesh
never stop attacking us.
And so, Lord,
uphold us and make us strong
by the power of your Holy Spirit,
so that we may not be defeated
in this spiritual fight,
but may firmly resist our enemies
until we finally win the complete victory.
For the kingdom
and the power
and the glory are yours
now and forever.
We have made all these petitions of you
because, as our all-powerful king,
you are both willing and able
to give us all that is good;
and because your holy name,
and not we ourselves,
should receive all the praise, forever.
Amen
This shall truly and surely be!
For it is much more certain
that you O God have heard our prayers
than we feel in our hearts
that we desire such things from You!
Amen!