The Lord's Prayer, line by line
For Thine Is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
The prayer ends where the heart most needs to land, not on our need but on His glory. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory. After bread and forgiveness, after our weakness and our rescue, Jesus lifts our eyes off ourselves and fixes them on the Father. There is deep rest in this ending. We began by hallowing His name, and we close by giving Him everything again, the kingdom that is His, the power that is His, the glory that is His. Nothing here is ours to keep. This closing line is a kind of exhale. It reminds us that the world does not rest on our shoulders, that the outcome belongs to God, and that the last word in every prayer is praise. Slow down and let yourself simply adore Him.
“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”Matthew 6:13
“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.”Revelation 5:13
What Jesus is teaching here
Jesus is teaching us that prayer is not finally about getting what we want but about giving God what He is due. The kingdom is His, not ours to build or defend by our own strength. The power is His, so we can bring our requests without anxiety, trusting the outcome to hands that never fail. The glory is His, the whole point and destination of everything we have asked. This ending reorders our desires. It takes prayers that began close to the ground, tangled in our hunger and fear, and lifts them into worship. We end where we started, with the Father, having remembered along the way that His name, His reign, and His renown are the true center of all things.
How to pray this line today
Let your prayers end in praise more often than in petition. When you have brought all your requests, do not rush off. Pause and give the kingdom back to God, releasing your grip on outcomes you cannot control. Tell Him the power is His, and feel the weight lift as you stop trying to carry what only He can hold. Then give Him the glory, naming who He is and thanking Him simply for being God. You can pray this line slowly, letting each word settle, kingdom, power, glory. It is a good way to close a hard day or a heavy prayer, because it moves your heart from wrestling to worship and reminds you whose hands the future truly rests in.
How this line leads to Christ
This ending points us to the throne, and on that throne, Scripture shows us, is the Lamb who was slain. The kingdom, the power, and the glory belong to the Father, and they are shared with the Son who won our redemption. In the vision John was given, every creature in heaven and earth ascribes blessing and honor and glory and power to the One on the throne and to the Lamb forever. That is where this prayer is heading. We give God the glory now because one day all creation will give it fully, and at the center of that praise stands Christ, the crucified and risen King. To pray this line is to rehearse the song we will sing forever, and to remember that the kingdom we long for has a face, and it is the face of the Savior who loved us to the end.
Questions people ask
Why do some Bibles leave out this ending?
This closing doxology does not appear in the earliest manuscripts of Matthew, so many translations place it in a footnote. It reflects an ancient and beautiful way the church prayed, drawn from Scripture's own language of God's kingdom and glory. Whether spoken aloud or not, it faithfully expresses the worship the whole prayer has been leading toward.
What does it mean to give God the glory in prayer?
It means letting Him be the point, not just the provider. We come with real needs, but we end by remembering that His name and reign matter more than our requests. Giving God glory is telling Him who He is and delighting in it, so that prayer becomes worship and our hearts rest in His greatness rather than our own effort.