Don Moen - Our Father Who art in Heaven Lyrics
Lyrics
Intro Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hear our prayer We are Your children And we've gathered here today, bless me We're gathered here to pray
Hear our cry Lord, we need Your mercy And we need Your grace today, yes, we do Hear us as we pray
Our Father, who art in Heaven Hallowed be thy name Our Father, hear us from Heaven Forgive our sins we pray
Hear our song As it rises to Heaven May Your glory fill the earth As the waters cover the seas
See our hearts And remove anything That is standing in the way Of coming to You today
Our Father, who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Our Father, hear us from Heaven Forgive our sins we pray
And though we are few We're surrounded by many Who have crossed that river before And this is the song we'll be singing forever
Holy is the Lord Holy is the Lord Holy is the Lord Holy is the Lord
Holy is the Lord Holy is the Lord Holy is the Lord Holy is the Lord
Hear our prayer We are Your children And we've gathered here today We're gathered here to pray
Hear our cry Oh Lord, we need Your mercy And we need Your grace today, yes, we do Hear us as we pray
Our Father, who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Our Father, hear us from Heaven Forgive our sins we pray
Our Father, who art in Heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Our Father, hear us from Heaven
Forgive our sins we pray
Forgive our sins we pray
Forgive our sins we pray
Oh yeah
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Don Moen - Our Father | Live Worship Sessions
Meaning & Inspiration
Don Moen has spent decades helping the church find its voice in worship, and his 2017 live session take on the Lord’s Prayer feels like an invitation back to the basics of our faith. We often treat the words Jesus gave us in Matthew 6 as a ritualistic habit, something to recite before dinner or at the end of a service, but Moen pulls them into a space of active, desperate reliance. When we sing give us this day our daily bread, we aren't just reciting scripture; we are echoing the Israelites gathering manna in the wilderness. It is an admission that we possess nothing of our own and that our very next breath depends entirely on the Father’s provision.
The theology here hits hardest when the song moves from the familiar prayer into a personal plea for purity. Asking God to remove anything that is standing in the way of intimacy is a dangerous prayer. It is essentially inviting the refiner's fire of Malachi 3:3, where the Lord sits as a smelter to purify the sons of Levi. We claim we want closeness, but proximity to a Holy God necessitates the stripping away of our idols and self-sufficiency. This isn't about mere moral improvement; it is about the radical repentance required to stand before a God who is thrice-holy. By tethering the classic petition for forgiveness to our own willingness to release grudges, the song hits the nerve of Colossians 3:13, where we are instructed to forgive just as the Lord forgave us. It turns the song into a diagnostic tool for our own spirits.
The song reaches a crescendo when it connects our small, gathered group to the many who have crossed that river before. This is the reality of Hebrews 12:1, where we realize we are not worshiping in a vacuum but are part of a cloud of witnesses. The transition into singing Holy is the Lord shifts our focus from our own needs—our bread, our forgiveness, our temptations—to the sheer majesty of the One we are addressing. We stop asking and start beholding. When we stop obsessing over our own struggles and start fixating on His holiness, our circumstances shrink. You cannot stay centered on your own ego while crying out to the One who fills the heavens and the earth with His glory. If the prayer teaches us how to live, the final chorus teaches us how to die to ourselves and exist solely for the audience of One.