New City Catechism, Week 41 (Question 41)

Q: What is the Lord’s prayer?

Children’s answer

A: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Adult/older children’s answer

A: (same as above) - Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Video explanation:

Song to assist with memorization:

Relevant Scripture to read:

Matthew 6:9

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. . . .”

Children’s Activity (printable pdfs)

Younger Kids (pages 12 and 13)

There are no resources for older kids currently available for this lesson.

Special thanks to Del Rey Church for sharing their New City Catechism kid resources with us!

Devotional questions for individual/family/group reflection and discussion:

  1. How does the prayer begin? How does this help to shape our prayer life?

  2. Does the part of this prayer that talks about forgiveness point to a works-righteousness? Why or why not?

  3. Dr. Allen (below) says that “our desires… are displaced” by the Lord’s prayer. What are they replaced with? How is this actually a blessing to us?

  4. Is the Lord’s prayer part of your personal prayer life? What would be a few benefits of personally reciting this prayer on a regular basis?

For an additional “deeper” dive into this question and answer, check out this video from Dr. Michael Allen (which a few of the above questions are based on):