Father or The Father, Holy Spirit or The Holy Spirit, that is the question I asking of you.

Prayer is a one to one conversation with Father. Sure, if we pray Jesus please do such-and-such, God is awesome enough to work for us because He is God. Think about this for a moment, if I were to call you Buster when your name is actually Abigail, wouldn’t you wonder why I was not calling you by the name given to you at birth? It’s not that God wonders why, it’s just a learning point for us that when we pray we should pray like this, “Our Father”.

I would like to stretch our thinking a bit more by opening our minds to praying to Him and talking about Him as Father. That is one of His names, Father. So often, I hear in our Christian circles people talking about God as The Father and such. I would like us to consider talking about and to Father just as I have written Father. No, He will not stop hearing us or listening if we pray, talk about Him or talk to Him using the name The Father, a different name unless it is not a name given Him, then we would be praying to someone else and that I will not do. Take some time to chew on this especially when you are out and about having conversations with others about Father. It’s easy to say His name God, but to call Him Father instead of The Father is different. His name is not The Father, it is Father, among many other names but The is never a part of His name.  

Let’s take this a step further, Holy Spirit is not a THE Holy Spirit, He is Spirit and His name is Holy Spirit. I’m not getting all hung up on whether Holy Spirit is a He/She type thing, what I am trying to communicate is His name is Holy Spirit, not THE Holy Spirit, so when speaking of Him, maybe we could consider saying, “Holy Spirit”, like we would say if referencing me-Wendi Peck. I am also not trying to bring condemnation on those who say The Holy Spirit or The Father, I’m simply sharing what I believe is truth about Father and Holy Spirit.

Many times, people say prayer is a two-way street, you get to talk and you GET to listen. This is very true. Often I find myself having conversations with Father as I am reading/studying my Bible. The Bible truly is His very words He wants us to hear, study, know, and memorize. Daily Father shows me what needs rearranging, gutting, enhanced, etc. in my life as well as how to pray for others, how to magnify Him, and more. Let’s set aside some time today to quiet ourselves, open the Bible, read it, speak it, talk with Him about it and enjoy.