FROM THE EDITORS June 27, 2005 ISSUE

ENABLE US — A PRAYER WITHIN THE PRAYER

Some two billion Christians know and love and regularly pray the Lord's Prayer. When people pray so often with such well-known words, there's always a temptation to roll right through them—to get quickly to "the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever." The destination is worthwhile, to say the least.

It's sort of like climbing a familiar mountain trail. Along the way, climbers get occasional peeks at the peak, and many push on just to get there. Yet those in-between lookouts—they're for more than catching a breath and wishfully looking up. They're also for looking outward, horizontally. The view, and where it allows the viewer to go, has a way of moving thought beyond thanks for elevation gain.

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