How to Pray: Lessons from the Lord’s Prayer (Biblia.com)

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When the disciples overheard the Lord Jesus praying, they felt like children in the school of prayer. They truly longed to be able to pray like Jesus but didn’t know how. So, on one occasion, they said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples” (Luke 11:1). The result? The greatest example of prayer known to man—the Lord’s Prayer. There is danger in familiarity. The words of...

Give us this day our daily bread. What do we pray for in the fourth petition? In the fourth petition (which is, GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD), we pray, that of God’s free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy His blessing with them (Shorter Catechism, Q. 104). There is a beautiful and significant symmetry to the petitions in the ‘Lord’s Prayer’. The petitions divide exactly. The first three petitions are

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