said, “This, then, is how you should pray” (Matt. 6:9). That sounds like a commandment, doesn’t it? After a morning worship service where I had been the guest preacher, I asked one of the elders, “Do you ever include the Lord’s Prayer in your congregational worship?” “No, we don’t,” he replied. When I asked him why, he said, “When you recite the same words week after week, they can become stale and meaningless.” Then I reminded him that we had sung one of the “praise choruses” eight times during