The Sixth Petition

B. van Herk is from Wainuiomata, New Zealand. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. This sixth and last petition is part of the most perfect and intimate prayer in the whole of Scripture. The Lord Himself taught this prayer to his disciples, as recorded in Luke 11:1-4. In this passage we have the shortened version of the Lord’s Prayer. In company of His disciples, the Lord was engaged in prayer to His Father. Having his followers with Him, they observed the intensity and...