Hillsong Worship - The Lord's Prayer Lyrics

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The Lord's Prayer - Hillsong Worship

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I still smell like the pig pen. I don’t know if that ever really goes away—the scent of stale beer, the grit of dirt under my nails, the bitter realization that I wasted everything. People like to talk about "The Lord’s Prayer" like it’s a nursery rhyme you recite before sleep, all soft edges and clean sheets. But when you’ve been running, when you’ve burned bridges you thought were structural, this song—this version by Hillsong—hits different.

"Lead us not into temptation. God, deliver us from the enemy."

That line pulls me up short. Most people say it and think about avoiding a lie or skipping a meal. When I say it, I’m thinking about the hunger. I’m thinking about the night I almost didn’t come home because the dark felt easier than the light. The enemy isn’t some shadow in the corner; he’s the voice in my head telling me I’m too far gone to ever actually belong back at the table.

Asking for delivery isn’t a prayer for comfort; it’s a prayer for survival. It’s like begging someone to pull you out of a riptide. You aren’t asking politely; you’re gasping for air.

Then there’s this: "Forgive us our sins, as we forgive the ones who have sinned against us."

This is the part that makes me want to turn the volume down. It’s easy to say "Father" when the sun is hitting your face. It’s a whole lot harder when you’re standing in the doorway of a house you left, shaking, realizing that the people who hurt you—the ones who made it so easy to walk away in the first place—are also the ones you’re supposed to let off the hook.

It’s messy. It feels like Matthew 18, where Peter thinks seven times is generous and Jesus basically laughs at him and says seventy times seven. My human math wants to keep a ledger. I want to point at the guys who took my money and the friends who mocked my hunger and say, "They don't get the same grace I’m asking for." But that’s the trap, isn't it? If I hold onto their debt, I’m just staying in the pen with the pigs. I’m choosing the rot over the robe.

I’m sitting here, listening to these guys sing these ancient words, and I’m struck by how little I actually want "His will" over "my way." I want my way. I want control. I want to be the one who decides who is worthy. And yet, I keep playing this song. Maybe it’s because I’m desperate for that "Deliver us" to actually mean something. I’m still covered in dust, and my hands are still shaking, but for a few minutes, I’m not running. I’m just standing here, waiting for the Father to notice I’m back. I don’t know if I’m forgiven yet, but I’m standing in the yard. That’s enough for today.