Today we will begin a multi-part study on the Lord’s Prayer, from Matthew 6:9-13. I’ve been going over this myself for the last few months privately, and the more time I’ve spent on it, the more benefit I have found! So from personal experience I have found this to be very beneficial.

So before we begin the actual study, I wanted to ask this question – why is this important?

The simplest answer is this, that when Jesus taught people to pray, this is the prayer He taught. Based on the knowledge that Jesus wasn’t just some great moral teacher (which alone would at least get our attention), but God, this should be enough!

Here is my perspective.

Jesus was God. We pray to God. Jesus taught us how to pray – so in effect, God taught us how to pray to Him. So logically, if He said to pray this way, then praying this way is something we should do.

Secondly, we have two references to this prayer in slightly different forms. The other in Luke 11:2-4 has this introduction-

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” (Luke 11:1 ESV)

Both in His public teaching of prayer, and also when questioned by one of his disciples (the closest people to Him on this earth), he responded in the same way. So to put it simply, we need to listen.

I pray this study over the next couple of weeks will encourage you, and bring you closer to Him

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