Amen.
What does this mean?
Answer - That I should be certain that these petitions are acceptable
to our Father in heaven and heard; for He Himself has commanded us so to pray,
and has promised that He will hear us. Amen, Amen; that is, Yea, yea, it shall
be so.
There are three things for which we pray when we come to the
conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer. We ask the Lord to hear us for He alone is the
King of kings. It is He alone that we seek in times of need and in periods of
joy and blessing. As the Lord of life, our Father alone has the power to grant
us these petitions. He is both willing and capable of not only hearing our
prayers, but to answer them according to His perfect will for our life. He
alone is given all glory and praise in all that He has done for us.
Almighty God, since You have granted us the favor to call on
You with one accord and have promised that where two or three are gathered
together in Your name You are in the midst of them, fulfill now the prayers of
Your servants, granting us in this world knowledge of Your truth and in the
world to come life everlasting; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Collect for an answer to prayer, Lutheran Worship © 1980
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis
Artwork by Ed Rojas, © Higher Things
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