The Prayer has six petitions: the first three pray for the furtherance of God and his work – his holiness, his will, his kingdom; the matching triad is oriented around human needs – food, forgiveness, deliverance. The pair of triads is connected by the phrase, “on earth as it is in heaven,” which is to say that prayer has its source in heaven, the home country, so to speak, of God, but the action takes place on earth – our home country. Prayer that is not firmly grounded “on earth” is not prayer as our Lord taught us to pray. (p147)