"Thy Kingdom come"

Here we see another vow! A solemn promise that we will develop ourselves by obeying God's Commandments such that His Perfect Kingdom will also be established here on earth. When we live in obedience to the Almighty, then life on earth can only reflect what obtains in the Heavenly Kingdom where the matured spirits free from guilt and burdens only live to serve God's Will.

So when we say this prayer we are saying that we will live such that we fulfil only The Lord's Will as obtains Above. Of course a life based on such a principle can only bring in its train human beings who live to bring joy,peace and love to their neighbours.

May we live in this way...

"Hallowed be Thy Name"

When we say this sentence we are actually giving our assurances to our Creator that we take everything we wish to say to Him seriously and will not dare come before Him or call on Him in superficiality as we regard the Name of God too holy to do so.

It is a promise to regard the Holy Name with utmost respect, not to misuse the name or carelessly utter It.One can safely say that with this prayer, one is also making a pledge to obey one of the Ten Commandments which says that we should not take the Name of the Lord in vain.

But if we must be honest with ourselves we realise that each time we say this part of the Lord's Prayer we lie.Many times we do not approach the Lord with the earnestness which the Son of God made conditional in these words.

If we also make a review of our words in just a single day, we see that we have been superficial with the use of Holy Name of God. It has been made to fit into just about any conversation.

May we henceforth change in this so that we may be able to fulfil what we promise our Heavenly Father each time we say "Hallowed be Thy Name".