The Lord’s Prayer is a model or pattern for us to learn how to pray. In the first place we find an act of worship: the acknowledgement and worship of God as our loving Father. Nothing is more important to prayer than worship. Before you ask God for anything, let your heart be surrendered and sensitive to who he is and his fatherly love for you. When you find that posture of worship then your heart will be aligned with God’s desires. This is when you can begin to pray for a specific situation where you would like to see the Kingdom of God invade your world. And it is only in the light of the bigger picture of God’s Kingdom agenda that you can rightly perceive your own needs. You may well realise that God wants to give you far more than you imagined. Or, you may realise that what you have previously desired is not so desirable in the light of the greater things of God. The confession of sin, also included in Jesus’ prayer, is important as a way of recognising where other agendas and motives have hijacked our hearts. This process of recognition and confession removes the obstacles within us so that the Kingdom of God can come fully into our lives and truly deliver us from evil.
Worship and pray to God using the Lord’s Prayer as your model.
Read Matthew 6:9-13
