Pray like this: 

Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Matthew 6:9 NLT

Even Jesus is concerned about God's name, His reputation. 

This prayer of Jesus is famous, and maybe the words "hallowed be thy name" are familiar, and maybe changing the words changes our response a little;

"may your name be kept holy" invites us in, to join in the work of God's holiness in the world, to see it in creation, in the faces of those around us, to want to be part of a process. 

"may your name be kept holy" means you and I are involved in God's work, in God's world. 

This is not a passive prayer, but an active one, that somehow in some way what we do in the world impacts on God's reputation, so how we care for the world, how we care for one another, matters. 

"Lord, may your name be kept holy by my choices and my actions today. 

Amen."

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