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How to Pray
Jan 24 2007 • John Loftness •Series: Meeting with God: Cultivating Private Prayer and Bible Reading Part 3
Matthew 6:1-13 •Topics: PrayerEffective, satisfying prayer is not an unattainable goal. It is God's will. It is not the preserve of super-saints. The Spirit longs for communion with every child of God. Jesus intends that we not only listen to the words he taught, recorded in Scripture, he desires for us to commune with his Father by addressing him in prayer. It is a great irony that the prayer most familiar to Christians, what is called "The Lord's Prayer," is so often little understood or mindlessly muttered. Grasping Jesus' meaning and intentions for this model prayer can lead us to a life of prayer that pleases God and allows us to commune with him in joy and confidence.
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