TagThe Lords Prayer

Teach us to pray

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Matthew 6.5-13, Luke 18.1-14 What prayer is and what it is not. Talking to God, not ‘vain repetitions’. ‘In this manner pray’ – analysis of the Lord’s prayer and its application to our lives. ‘As we forgive those who trespass against us’ – thoughts on forgiveness andreconciliation. ‘Deliver us from evil’ – the evil one exists. Victory over him in Jesus Christ. What a friend we have in Jesus...

The Lord’s prayer

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In the Lord’s prayer, Jesus gives us a guideline as to how to pray. Now, you can just repeat the words and you know we pray the prayer at the beginning of the service. That’s good! It’s done to remind us of what God has taught us to pray. However, the words are, in one sense, a pattern prayer. They tell us how to approach God and what’s needful when we pray. They can also...