Short articles of the, "Yes Jesus" Book on prayer. # 57

 

Jesus said, “This, then, is how you should pray:

“Our Father who art in Heaven”

 

These four words are a statement of fact.

These four words are our confession of faith.

These four words are the expression of our identity.

These four words are our world view.

 

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 who seek our name on the gift promised. 

It is not God who changes as we pray.

It is us who change as we pray.

 

We change, as we understand these words: 

 

“Our Father who art in Heaven.” # 57.

 

This is the teaching elder on duty in matters of Prayer.

 

Gerry Gutierrez.