The Bible teaches prayer mostly through Jesus: the prayer he gave his disciples, the way he prayed himself, and promises about asking that come with conditions attached. In Luke’s Gospel the Lord’s Prayer is his answer when a disciple asks, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1). It asks first for God’s name to be kept holy, his kingdom to come and his will to be done, and only then for bread, forgiveness and protection. Its requests for ourselves are…
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