In Matthew 6:9 we read: "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name." In Luke 11:1-2 we read: "And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth" These respective passages and the verses that follow have become to be known as "the Lord's Prayer," the prayer that was taught by the Christ as the way to petition Our Father which art in Heaven, and therefore this prayer is of the upmost value and importance to those of the faith and subsequently we should study and meditate upon the usage of the words: "Our Father," as compared to "My Father," or "The Father" to know its truest meaning.
Jesus of Nazareth is considered by the faithful to be the only begotten Son of God, so then when we are instructed by Jesus the Christ that we are to pray to God, by using the pronoun "our" as opposed to the definite article "the", this is of immense importance to us, and the implication that the usage of "our" in the Lord's Prayer, is that all of us, are too sons of God. In Psalm 82:6 we read: "I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High," and also in Matthew 5:48 we read: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." It is clear then that our Father, is not just Christ's father, or inclusive to just a small group of people as their father, or that we need or should address our Father as something impersonal or some being that we are not worthy of, but, instead, that He is Our Father, that we are all his children, all created equally, with equal rights to call upon our Father. This is the abiding message of the Lord's Prayer, that it is indeed meant for us all that we, all of us here on planet earth, have the same Father in Heaven, and that therefore we are all one-inclusive family, and thereby not many different or dissimilar families. We are in actuality all sisters and brothers in our Lord and should conduct ourselves by recognizing that the stranger that we took in, the naked that we clothed, the sick and the prisoners that we visited, are all reflections of ourselves, they are thereby truly the ways and means of expressing our love to our Lord in our actions and in our deeds to our fellow man, our brethren, and our brothers.
The Lord's Prayer is the key to understanding that we are never alone; we are never forsaken, abandoned, or forgotten, by our Lord. We are told that "…the kingdom of God is within you", it is ever ours to claim as the rightful heirs to the throne itself. Our Lord is "…not willing that any should perish…" and thereby wishes that all should claim God as their own. It is for us, the living, to seek first the kingdom of Our God, for all other kingdoms are mirages, delusions, and snares that will only entrap and disappoint us, "...For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also;" let your treasure therefore be with our Lord.