God’s Praise Matthew 6:9

Hallowed be Your name.



Jesus continues the Lord’s Prayer with a declaration of God’s Praise. He begins the Lord’s Prayer with a Declaration of God’s Presence and follows it with this Declaration of God’s Praise. Jesus says, “Hallowed be Your name.”

God’s Name is to be hallowed or glorified or magnified or lifted up in praise and adoration. There is no other way to begin our prayers than in glorifying God’s name. When we take time to remember who God is and all that He has done for us it sets the tone for prayer that has great power. As we serve God in giving Him the glory that He deserves, He is able to give us His grace and His blessings, which we do not deserve. All of our requests really come secondary to this declaration; however, when this declaration is made, God’s attention is gained and our requests become a priority from God’s perspective.

God and God alone is worthy of our praise and our adoration. David wrote in the Psalms, “God delights in the praises of His people.”

There is a second aspect to this phrase that deserves our attention. When we make our prayer “God let Your name be glorified or sanctified” we are acknowledging God’s supreme will and way in our world and in our lives. God will honor His name. He will accomplish His will in our lives, whether we want it or not in a lot of cases.

In Psalms 46:10 we read, “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” In Philippians 2:10 we read, “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, ofthings in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

When our prayers acknowledge God and all that He is and all that He has done, it allows Him to do even more in us and with us and for us! Our requests and our supplications must come secondary to our praise for His precious Name.


><> Pastor Bob