Do you pray the Lord's Prayer? Why?

[BurningBush84]

By "we" I meant Christians who use traditional forms of prayer, like the Lord's Prayer, so Anglicans, Lutherans, Catholics, Orthodox, et al.

-CryptoLutheran

Is Matthew 6:9 a command for Christians of today ?

 

[BurningBush84]

Yes. Because I thought it was a beautiful and at the same time useful prayer composed by God Himself.

Is Matthew 6:9 a command Christians of today should obey ?

 

[BurningBush84]

I pray it frequently. I will repeat it when I am going to sleep, it helps still my mind. I will also pray it in church and at various times otherwise. I also pray it after and before communion.

Often when we repeat something many times it becomes a part of us, a "muscle memory" as it were, it becomes a thing that we hold deeply to and can recite or pray in times of duress or when no other words come to us.

Is Matthew 6:9 a command Christians of today should obey ?

 

[BurningBush84]

Prayer is not a mantra or a rote set of sentences that you say 1000 times that you have done so many times that your mind is not even thinking about it.
As in that case you are just getting to the last words so that you can stop, and go get a cookie and some cake.

Real Prayer is conversation with God from your heart.
Prayer is you and The Father having a 2-way interaction...
Prayer is you giving God sincere thanks for the Cross of Christ, for the blood of Jesus, that is the only reason God is your Father, and in this thankful state of mind and heart you then tell God all about it.. All about what is going on with you.......all about your needs..... all about your hopes and dreams.

Prayer should follow a bit of worship and praise then requests.

Reader, do you know why Jesus has ears?
So that God can hear you when you pray.
He does.


You dont know how to pray? Feel not so comfortable with it.?

Try it like this., early am...... and on your knees is best....if possible.

"Good morning Father, Lord Jesus, and Holy Spirit, you are welcome here."....

It was Mother Teresa who taught me to start my daily prayer with "Good morning, you are welcome here"" = to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Try it for yourself, Saint.

Here is how i pray.....see if you can use it as an idea for yourself.

"""Father God you are so good, you are so Holy..... you name is Holy. You are all rightness, and goodness and love and beauty.
You are the Father of creation, the Father of Grace, the Father of Love the Father of the Bread come down from heaven, and Father God i thank you for Jesus.....for the bless'd Savior, the King of Glory, the Living Hope.

Thank you sweet Bread of Heaven. Thank you for your Blood and your Cross. There is power in your blood, there is healing in your blood.
Thank you Lord for coming into this evil world to rescue us, to save us, to give us your Salvation.. Jesus, yours is the sweetest name there ever was and Yeshua yours is the sweetest name that ever will be. You are beautiful, you are King, and you are life, and every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that you are Lord, you are Lord, you are Lord of all.

Sweet Bread of Heaven, your name is above every name. And Lord you are God's Grace, you are God's forgiveness, You are God's Redemption and Redeemer and Eternal life. You are the Love of God, the Grace of God and the Gift of God. You alone are my salvation, you alone are my eternal life, and Lord i thank you i thank you i thank you for being my King, my Savior, my hope and my peace..""""

Try it kinda like that Saint.


God bless you.

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Is Matthew 6:9 a command Christians of today should obey???

 

[BurningBush84]

Yes, because...

• It is part of the worship liturgy of my church
• It is part of the daily office of my church (e.g. Morning Prayer, etc.)
• it is a prayer that Christ gave us.
• It covers a breadth of need in one simple prayer...praise, submission, supplication for daily needs, peaceful relations with others, forgiveness, and turning away from sin.
• It is a part of Christian tradition, a prayer I pray in common with long-departed Christians who prayed it for over 2,000 year before me and will be praying it for more than 2,000 years after.
• I like saying it

Is Matthew 6:9 a command Christians of today should obey???

 

[BurningBush84]

The Lord's prayer has always been very special to me. As a child I prayed it before sleep when I was worried. I wasn't a Christian back then, but it had a calming effect on me. Nowadays I pray it in church as part of the sermon, and I pray it when I run out of words. I also like to finnish my prayers with the Lord's prayer. It's like if I missed something, it includes everything. I sometimes pray it silently in my head when I can't go to sleep. It usually puts me to sleep rather quickly.

Is Matthew 6:9 a command Christians of today should obey???

 

[BurningBush84]

I think the best reason is the phrase "give us THIS day our daily bread..."
Thank you.

Is Matthew 6:9 a command Christians of today should obey???

 

[BurningBush84]

I pray the Lord's prayer twice a day. Once when I wake up and once before I go to sleep. And I pray it because Jesus said to.

Is disobeying Jesus command in Matthew 6:9 a sin ?

 

[BurningBush84]

I pray it sometimes when I really don't know what to pray. It is the structure in which we were taught how to pray. Some say it is the only prayer. I won't argue anyones opinion. At the end of the day. It is our hearts speaking out to God. There are may different chapters that show prayer in the bible. Let alone the book of Psalms Prayers and songs.

Is Matthew 6:9 a command Christians of today should obey???

 

[BurningBush84]

I pray it frequently. I will repeat it when I am going to sleep, it helps still my mind. I will also pray it in church and at various times otherwise. I also pray it after and before communion.

Often when we repeat something many times it becomes a part of us, a "muscle memory" as it were, it becomes a thing that we hold deeply to and can recite or pray in times of duress or when no other words come to us.

Is Matthew 6:9 a command Christians of today should obey???

 

[timothyu]

Is Matthew 6:9 a command Christians of today should obey???

What is the command in the Lord's prayer ?

 

[BurningBush84]

What is the command in the Lord's prayer ?

I'm talking about the command
"This, then, is how you should pray". The first words in Matthew 6:9

Sounds like a command to me, does it not ?

 

[timothyu]

Sounds like a command to me, does it not ?

A command would not first require a question which was first made before he answered.

 

[IoanC]

Is Matthew 6:9 a command Christians of today should obey ?

Only if they can. It's their choice if they see it as a command. No pressure.

 

[dzheremi]

In the Coptic Orthodox Church, we pray it multiple times every liturgy, and as part of the hours in the Agpeya. It's so common, I almost know it by osmosis in Arabic, even though I've never specifically sat down to learn it, and that's my fourth and newest language. Then again, I also know it in Syriac, and I don't speak that at all, so maybe that doesn't mean anything. Hahaha. Anyway, yes, I pray it. I would assume that every Christian who is in any way informed by the historical norms of our religion does so.

 

[BurningBush84]

A command would not first require a question which was first made before he answered.

You asked me where was the Command in Matthew 6:9 .

I thought it was obvious. But I'll show you anyways.

“This, then, is how you should pray:"

 

[timothyu]

“This, then, is how you should pray:"

That is a response to a question. If someone asked you where the bathroom was would you tell them or go all commandy and say you will find it like this .

 

[SavedByGrace3]

Sounds like you don't think Christians should be praying the Lord's Prayer.

Only insomuch as the application of it does not deny the finished work of Christ.
I am thinking the prayer was answered in the passion of our Lord.

 

[ozso]

By "we" I meant Christians who use traditional forms of prayer, like the Lord's Prayer, so Anglicans, Lutherans, Catholics, Orthodox, et al.

-CryptoLutheran

So if a priest tells someone to say X amount of Our Fathers that's not reciting?

 

[timothyu]

I am thinking the prayer was answered in the passion of our Lord.

That would be logical considering both addressed the coming Kingdom.