Short articles of the "Yes Jesus" book on prayer # 18

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“This, then is how you should pray”

“Our Father who art in Heaven” # 18

 

These six words are a statement of a fact. 

These six words are our confession of faith. 

These six words are the expression of our identity. 

These six words are our worldview. 

 

By them we know who we are. 

By them we know where we came from. 

By them we know where we are going. 

By them we know who waits for us. 

 

Prayer does not belong to the natural world. 

Prayer needs to be learned. 

Prayer is not a vain repetition of requests. 

Prayer even prayer is from the Lord alone. 

 

Our father in heaven never improvises. 

Our prayer should never be improvised. 

Our petitions are already answered. 

Our prayer should match his answers. 

 

It is not God who gets busy as we pray. 

It is us in search of our name on a gift already granted. 

It is not God who changes as we pray. 

It is us who change as we pray. 

 

We change, as we understand the six words: 

“Our father who art in heaven.”

 

GGS # 18