In the model prayer Jesus gave us in Matthew chapter 6, after asking for daily bread and forgiveness, He teaches us to pray, Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.This is a prayer for protection and guidance in the spiritual battles we face every day. Jesus isn't suggesting that God tempts us—James 1:13 makes it clear that God does not tempt anyone. Temptation comes from ou...  Read More

In the model prayer Jesus gave us in Matthew chapter 6, after asking for daily provision, He teaches us to pray, Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.This is one of the most challenging parts of the prayer because it directly ties God's forgiveness of our sins to our willingness to forgive those who have sinned against us. Jesus isn't saying that we earn God's forgiveness by ...  Read More

In the model prayer that Jesus gave us in Matthew chapter 6, after we've prayed for God's name to be glorified, for His kingdom to come, and for His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven, Jesus then teaches us to pray, Give us this day our daily bread.This is a prayer of simple, humble dependence on God for our basic needs. Jesus is telling us to ask our Father for the provision we need toda...  Read More

In Matthew chapter 6, in what is often referred to as the Lord's Prayer, Jesus gave us a model—a model prayer to guide us in how to pray in almost any and every situation. One of the phrases He told us to pray was “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” In that phrase we find one of the great purposes of prayer.One of the purposes of prayer is for me to bring my will into submission to G...  Read More

One of the big mistakes people often make in prayer is viewing prayer as a means to get God to do what we want Him to do. Many of us want God to use His power to build our kingdom, our bank accounts, our fame, our comfort etc. But Jesus taught us to pray in the model prayer, “Your kingdom come...” One of the main purposes of prayer is for God to use our prayers to bring about the expansion of His ...  Read More

In Matthew chapter 6 we see that God does not answer our prayers because we pray fancy, eloquent, or beautiful prayers. God doesn't answer our prayers because we pray long or wordy prayers. He doesn’t answer prayers because we pray the same thing over and over again. So why does God answer prayer? Jesus gave us a model prayer in Matthew chapter 6. This prayer was not really intended to be recited ...  Read More