Teach Us How to Pray
Reality without relationship is meaningless
Prayer is a continual relationship. Praying is not a list of requests to fix this and that. Did Jesus pray for the Roman Empire to stop crucifixions?
When one of the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, he said what is now referred to as “The Lord’s Prayer” documented in Matthew 6 and Luke 11.
“This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”
Then what comes next in Matthew 6:14–15 indicates a condition for forgiveness.
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
