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What is the Lord’s Prayer? In The Prayer of the Lord, Dr. R. C. Sproul writes, “Jesus’ intent was to give His disciples a model prayer, an example to follow, one that would teach them transferrable principles for conversation with God.” In short, Christ gave the Lord’s Prayer to teach His disciples about prayer, and Dr. Sproul, in his trademark fashion, brings out many of the truths Christ...

the Lord’s Prayer is closely related to the first two and flows out of them in a sense. This petition is, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10b). At first glance, it seems incredible that Jesus told His followers to pray that the will of God would be done on earth as it is in heaven. In fact, it seems almost heretical that Jesus would give His church such a mandate. Didn’t He know that the will of God is always accomplished? Didn’t He understand the biblical teaching on divine
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