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The Lord's Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

This is the prayer that Jesus taught to His Disciples. It is the model prayer. This past week we studied a section of the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus is teaching us to NOT worry or be anxious. We asked ourselves how much of your prayer live is devoted to praying for food, fashion and other things that you NEED? How often are your prayers motivated by worry and anxiety?? Do we not understand the promises of God??? Our heavenly Father knows that we have needs. Our heavenly Father is far better acquainted with all our wants than we know ourselves! We can rely on the love and wisdom of GOD our Father in heaven!

And, it's great to use the Lord's Prayer as our guide.

Without this guide we spend much of our prayer time in the Forth Petition; "Give us this day our daily bread." which is good and right, BUT, there are six more Petitions to make with God:

1st- "Hallowed be Thy name." We need to pray that God’s name kept holy.

2nd- "Thy kingdom come." We need to pray that we will be led by the Holy Ghost to live a godly here and now and there in all eternity.

3rd- "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." We need to pray that God’s will is done when He breaks and hinders every evil plan and purpose of the devil, the world, and our sinful nature!

5th- "And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." We need to pray for the GRACE that God forgives us and do a best to share that GRACE with other that we need to forgive.

6th- "And lead us not into temptation." We need to pray that God would guard and keep us so that the devil, the world, and our sinful nature may not deceive us or mislead us into false belief, despair, and other great shame and vice.

7th- "But deliver us from evil." We need to pray that our Father in heaven would rescue us from every evil of body and soul, possessions and reputation.

We have a lot to pray for. We need not neglect our Forth Petition concerns BUT we also NEED to cover the other six Petitions. We can just pray the Lord's Prayer, it is an outstanding prayer and covers EVERYTHING we NEED! If for some reason that's not enough for you; use the Lord's Prayer as your template. Come up with your own words that covers the seven petitions and you will be praying like an expert in no time.

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