Luke 11 -- Terrible As An Army With Banners

11 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord,teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, Michael Jordan reminded people again and again that his hope when he first came to Chicago was that the basketball team in Chicago would be as respected as Boston, LA and Philadelphia. This is where our prayers originate, from a hope we have. He saw those other teams as the legacy, the fathers of faith, and he wanted his team to honored just as they were. This hope became a prayer that he lived out. Elizabeth’s prayer was concerning the “mother of my Lord”. She prayed that Mary would be blessed and that the “fruit of her womb” would be blessed. “Blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.” Mary prayed that the Lord would be magnified in her. She had a vision that although she was in a low estate, from henceforth all generations shall call her blessed. “Those who honor me I will honor” (1Sam 2:30). She proclaimed that He was doing mighty things. She proclaimed His mercy. He scattered the proud and exalted them of low degree. This is what it means to hallow the Lord’s name and this is the prayer that she lived.