Our Lord’s Prayer can be divided into two halves—petitions one to three, and petitions four to six. The first half uses the pronoun your; the second half uses the pronoun us. Your name, your kingdom, your will. Give us our daily bread. Forgive us our debts. Lead us not into temptation. Deliver us. Jesus is teaching us to first and foremost begin praying God’s agenda, not ours.
