The Second Petition

We are using the Lord's Prayer to help us to know how to approach our God. We are using the Lord's Prayer to help shape our own prayer lives. We want the Word of God to come in and make its imprint, if you will, upon our hearts, and its imprint upon our minds, so that the thoughts of our minds and the intentions of our hearts are in agreement with the God we worship. We do not want to be pagans who approach our God with the hope of buying Him off, or getting what we want. We want to approach our God as if He was God. When we enter God's presence, the Psalmist is indicating, we should enter it with thanksgiving, and we should enter His presence with the intention to bless Him.