NCCS October 2025 E-Newsletter
Dear Members and Friends of NCCS,
Every Sunday in church, we pray or sing the Lord’s Prayer. It is an uplifting prayer and many Christians have learned it by heart. Our Lord Jesus taught the people this prayer in order to explain that prayers are private conversations with God: “go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret” (Matt 6: 6). He also taught them to avoid empty phrases for God knows our needs even before we express them in prayer (Matt 6: 8).
Christians would have heard countless sermons unpacking the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer and are quite familiar with the prayer items that touch on nearly every aspect of daily living. In fact, this prayer is an exhortation to hallow the Name of God through our attitude, lifestyle, relationships and especially our trust in God’s divine providence.
Yet, living hectic lives in Singapore often distract us from making daily decisions that could better reflect the theme of the Lord’s Prayer – ‘Hallowed be Thy Name’. Indeed, each time we pray the Lord’s Prayer, we are reminded to hallow God’s Name by thought, word and deed. So let us resolve to focus on honouring God’s Name so that we may become more like Jesus who “increased in wisdom and in stature and in favour with God and man” (Luke 2: 52).
In His Service,
Rev Dr Ngoei Foong Nghian
General Secretary
National Council of Churches of Singapore
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