The document provides a Humanist interpretation of The Lord's Prayer in 3 sentences or less for each line: Our Father in heaven refers to the one spirit of life in all, making us all brothers and sisters. Your kingdom come suggests working together to create a fairer world where only the common good is pursued. Give us this day our daily bread means seeking only our daily needs and avoiding temptation, cultivating virtue, forgiving others as we wish to be forgiven, and being delivered from evil.

1. A Humanist Interpretation of The Lord's Prayer
By Dr Ian Ellis-Jones
The Lord’s Prayer as it occurs in Matthew 6:9-13:
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 lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
A Humanist interpretation of the prayer ...
Our Father in heaven, There is but one spirit of life in all, over all, through all, and all in
all, such that we are all brothers and sisters regardless of our
differences.
hallowed be your name. The spirit of life is truly precious.
Your kingdom come, Let us all work together to bring about a better and fairer world.
your will be done, Let us think not of ourselves but only of the common good ...
on earth, as it is in heaven. ... so that only what is best for all may be brought to fruition.
Give us this day our daily bread, Let us seek only what we truly need on a daily basis.
and forgive us our debts, Let us be ever mindful of the times when we wander from the
path of goodness, recognising that the price to be paid ...
as we also have forgiven our debtors. ... for our wrongdoing is the need to admit the wrongdoing,
apologise, and make amends, as well as the need to forgive
other people when they do wrong to us.
And lead us not into temptation, Let us avoid temptation, ...
but deliver us from evil. ... cultivate virtue, and shun all wrongdoing.
[Doxology]
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, Lastly, we affirm and rejoice that the essence of the spirit of life
and the glory, forever and ever. is love, and power, and truth. And so may it be.
Amen.
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