April 14, pray for His fame.

Pray then like this, our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Matthew 6, 9.

Dozens of times scripture says that God does things for His namesake.

He leads me in paths of righteousness for His namesake Psalm 233.

For your namesake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, Psalm 2511.

He saved them for His namesake, Psalm 106-8.

For my namesake I defer my anger, Isaiah 489.

Your sins are forgiven for His namesake, 1 John 212.

If you ask what is really moving the heart of God in all those statements and many like

them, the answer is that God delights in having His name known and honored.

The first and most important prayer that can be prayed is hallowed be your name.

I used to think this is an acclamation like hallelujah.

The Lord's name is hallowed, but it's not an acclamation.

It's a petition, actually a kind of imperative or command.

Lord, let it be, cause it to be, may your name be hallowed.

This is my request, my prayer.

I am urging you to do this, cause people to hallow your name, cause me to hallow your name.

God loves to have more and more people, hallow His name.

That's why His Son teaches Christians to pray for it.

In fact, Jesus makes it the very first and paramount prayer because this is the first and

great passion of the Father.

Lord, cause more and more people to hallow your name.

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