The Lord’s Prayer
Jesus modeled prayer for us. It’s in the Bible. In particular, it’s in the New Testament. In the Gospels, Jesus modeled the act of prayer in both the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. It’s what we have commonly come to know as the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:5-15; Luke 11:1-13) [Bible.org].
My Pastoral Ponderings poses some keen reflections on Luke’s passage, while Faith, Me & OCD offers some “top tips” on prayer regarding Matthew’s passage. When urging us like Charles H. Spurgeon to pray the Lord’s Prayer differently, another blogger online says so profoundly: “We can look at prayer as real power that brings God’s promises to fulfillment.” I like how Brave, Blessed, and Beautiful places an emphasis on a line by line breakdown of the Lord’s Prayer. Among all of the various types of prayer, the Lord’s Prayer stands out as a biblical hallmark for many Christians just like the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr is near…
