Exodus20:7 (The Voice) You are not to use My name for your own idle purposes , for the Eternal will punish anyone who treats His name as anything less than sacred . Matthew6:9 (NCV) Pray like this : Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy . Most of us grew up praying this version: Matthew6:9 (KJV) After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . I wrote this note to remember that God’s name is holy. It is set apart. It is other – it is sacred. The Holy Scriptures both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament require that we keep God’s name holy. It’s not an option. It’s both a commandant from God and a prayer taught to us by Jesus Christ. The prayer Jesus taught requires that God’s name be kept holy – that it be hallowed. So that when you pray, you are giving his name the sacred status it requires. The first thing you need to think about when you pray is: THE NAME OF GOD IS HOLY. When you give God’s