Dear Father always near us,

may your name be trea­sured and loved,

may your rule be com­plet­ed in us—

may your will be done here on earth

in just the way it is done in heav­en.

Give us today the things we need today,

and for­give us our sins and impo­si­tions on you

as we are for­giv­ing all who in any way offend us.

Please don’t put us through tri­als,

but deliv­er us from every­thing bad.

Because you are the one in charge,

and you have all the pow­er,

and the glo­ry too is all yours — for­ev­er—

which is just the way we want it!

— Dal­las Willard