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In this prayer, Jesus teaches how to pray
He doesn’t start with titles meant to keep the world at bay
He could have said Almighty God of Israel alone
He could have drawn a border, left the nations on their own

But instead he opens with a word so small, so near
Abba — and the distance disappears

Abba Elohim
Not a distant throne, but a Father drawing near
Abba Elohim
The God who lets the outsider call him here
One word is all it takes to change the atmosphere
Abba Elohim

He could have kept the language of the temple and the priest
He could have made it complicated, made it hard to reach
But he chose the word a child would use without a second thought
Abba — and the kingdom opened up for those who once were not

Abba Elohim
Not a distant throne, but a Father drawing near
Abba Elohim
The God who lets the outsider call him here
One word is all it takes to change the atmosphere
Abba Elohim

And if we really listen to the way he chose to start
We understand the ending before the prayer even begins
Because the one who lets us call him Abba from the heart
Is the same who later carries all our debt upon the cross

Abba Elohim
Not a distant throne, but a Father drawing near
Abba Elohim
The God who lets the outsider call him here
And everything that follows flows from this one truth we hear
Abba Elohim