During nearly every worship service, countless Christians around the world say the Lord's Prayer every time they gather together. When they do so, they end with words that aren't found in the best manuscripts we have of the gospels of Matthew and Luke where we find Jesus teaching his disciples to pray this prayer. So, why do we, as Christians end this prayer of our Lord with the words "For thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory forever. Amen!" Why? Well, two reasons. (1) It is wide widely agreed that no Jewish rabbi would have ever taught his disciples to end a prayer with a reference to the evil one. So, many think that Jesus would have assumed this kind of doxology by his followers. But the big reason is (2) that it is only this God's kingdom that has at its root the belief is sufficient for today and will supply the needs of today; that he uses his power to forgive us and calls us to follow in his ways; and (3) he will deliver us from evil and lead us into his glory. This is the Kingdom, power and glory that we see in Jesus parable of the Prodigal Son (really, Prodigal Father) and this is the Kingdom, power and glory that we long for.

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