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How's your prayer life? Some would answer, "What prayer life? I
don't have a prayer life. I'm too busy!" Yes, we are all quite
busy, but is that a legitimate excuse? Several years ago, a good friend of mine
passed on a phrase that his father used to tell him: "You make time for
what you value most."
What do we value most? If what we value most is a relationship with God, our
Father in heaven, then we will set aside time in the day to pray to Him.
David was king over the entire nation of Israel. Can we even imagine all the responsibilities that came with the job? Still, he prayed to God morning, noon and evening (Psalm 55:17). Daniel, one of the chief advisers to the Persian governor of Babylonia, found time in his busy schedule to do the same (Daniel 6:10). Both men placed God first in their lives, in spite of their many commitments. Their examples leave us without excuse.
Others might say, "But I don't even know how to pray! What am I supposed to pray about?" That's a fair question. The 12 disciples asked the same of Jesus. On one occasion they saw Jesus praying, and when He finished, "His disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray'" (Luke 11:1). The instruction Jesus gave them in the words that followed we could call the model prayer.
This sample prayer (found in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:1-4) is not intended to be recited over and over when we pray to God. Rather it is a general outline of the topics to cover with God as we come before Him daily in prayer. Let's take a look at what the various phrases in this prayer mean.
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