2. The Lord’s Prayer and Spiritual Practices Lynne Baab Department of Theology and Religion University of Otago

3. “From its beginning, the church linked the desire for more of God to intentional practices, relationships, and experiences that gave people space in their lives to ‘keep company’ with Jesus. These intentional practices, relationships and experiences we know as spiritual disciplines.” Adele Ahlberg Calhoun, Spiritual Disciplines Handbook

4. Examples of spiritual practices (or spiritual disciplines): Many forms of Bible study Many kinds of prayer Sabbath keeping, fasting, walking a labyrinth, journaling, etc.

5. Learning from the Lord’s Prayer: 1.Intimacy

6. Learning from the Lord’s Prayer: 1.Intimacy 2.God is the centre Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, 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. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. Matthew 6:9-13

7. Learning from the Lord’s Prayer: 1.Intimacy 2.God is the centre 3.Communal OUR Father... Give US this day OUR daily bread. And forgive US our debts, as WE also have forgiven OUR debtors. And do not bring US to the time of trial, but rescue US from the evil one. Matthew 6:9, 11-13

8. Examples of spiritual practices (or spiritual disciplines): Many forms of Bible study Many kinds of prayer Sabbath keeping, fasting, walking a labyrinth, journaling, etc.

9. Learning from the Lord’s Prayer: 1.Intimacy 2.God at the centre 3.Communal 4.Simplicity Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. Matthew 6:11-13

10. Spiritual Practices that Nurture Simplicity Sabbath Fasting Walking and praying in nature Reading the Psalms

11. Learning from the Lord’s Prayer: 1.Intimacy 2.God at the centre 3.Communal 4.Simplicity 5.Forgiveness But the tax-collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” Luke 18:13

12. Jesus Prayer Lord Jesus Christ Son of God Have mercy on me A sinner

13. Learning from the Lord’s Prayer: 1.Intimacy 2.God at the centre 3.Communal 4.Simplicity 5.Forgiveness