The prayer Jesus taught us is a daily practice for deep flourishing. Each of its seven moments subtly responds to one of humanity’s most important questions and invites us to internalize Jesus’s vision. When we pray with Jesus, we practice flourishing in the crucial questions of our lives—God and human purpose, vulnerability and need, failure and ambition, power and hope.

1. Who is God? Our Father (Mother, Parent).
2. How should we speak of God? Hallowed be your name.
3. What is the purpose of life? Your kingdom come on earth.
4. How much is enough? Our daily bread.
5. How do we begin again? Forgive us as we forgive.
6. What about power? Yours is the kingdom, power, and glory.

If the three billion people on earth who claim to follow Jesus —and people who don’t!—started practicing this prayer daily, we would see profound change in our relationships and societies.

Meet Andrew

Andrew’s passion is encouraging others in love and challenging trends that diminish human flourishing. He's the author of Bonhoeffer’s New Beginning: Ethics after Devastation (Fortress Academic, 2018), and the weekly newsletter Stop & Think. Andrew founded the Institute for Faith and Flourishing and co-directs the Neighbor-Love Movement. He holds a Ph.D. in Ethics from the University of Chicago and has lectured in ethics, theology, and Ethiopian studies at Wheaton College, the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, and the University of Bonn. Andrew is Lily’s husband, and they live and work between Chicago and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Learn more or contact Andrew here.