After this manner pray..

Mat 5:2  And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying…

Mat 6:9  After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Mat 6:10  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Mat 6:11  Give us this day our daily bread.

Mat 6:12  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Mat 6:13  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

This prayer to pray is given right after Jesus told us NOT to use vain repetitions. 

So why is this prayer used as a vain repetition over and over and over again? Seriously.

Lot's of people know the Lord's Prayer.  But do they realize that He said these words just moments before-

Mat 6:7  But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Mat 6:8  Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Sure you can explain it away by saying He means something totally different.  But does He? 

I'm not saying we shouldn't RECITE the Lord's prayer if that's what we want to do, but to recite it without any personal, heartfelt words of your own, what is that? Is that you really talking with God, really communicating with Him? Or are you hoping that if you repeat the words He said that it will enact some magical communication doorway between you and God?

We are to pray after this MANNER.  Pray in a like manner, pray after this fashion…  Jesus did not say, Pray exactly like this using these words and only these words. Would Jesus have wanted us to imagine that we are using special words that no matter the speaker or their intentions they force communication with God?  We are to pray like this…

To the Father in heaven whose name is HOLY, whose kingdom is paramount, whose will is to be done right here on earth just as it is in heaven where He dwells. Father in heaven give us our daily sustenance- spiritually, physically. Father forgive us our sins AS we forgive those who sin against us. Father lead us not into temptation because we know when we give in to our temptations we begin to lust and when we let lust have it's way we are full sinning. Father DELIVER us from evil.   Only You have that power, evil would keep us captive but You have the power to deliver us from that evil.  Father, YOURS is the kingdom, YOURS is the power, YOURS is the glory for ever. AMEN.

This prayer reveals that the FATHER in HEAVEN is ALL in ALL.

This prayer reveals that we are to pray only to the HEAVENLY FATHER. That He and HE alone will hear us and by HIS GRACE keep us as HIS.

This prayer reveals we have to FORGIVE others.

WE HAVE TO FORGIVE OTHERS.

And we have to forgive them ALL THE TIME and FOR EVERYTHING, for EVERY WRONG however slight or however huge it is.  We must FORGIVE, this is an active part of our lives- praying that we will be forgiven as we forgive- comprehending the impossibility of our obtaining forgiveness if we are unwilling to forgive.

This prayer reveals we will face temptation- but God is GREATER than all our temptations!

This prayer reveals we cannot deliver ourselves, we cannot save ourselves from the power of Satan, the FATHER can save us through His Son.

This prayer reveals the KINGDOM is God's and NO OTHERS.

This prayer reveals the POWER is God's and NO OTHERS.

This prayer reveals the GLORY is God's and NO OTHERS.

In all our prayers we need to recognize these things.

We need to fully realize this--

1Jn 2:15  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1Jn 2:16  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

1Jn 2:17  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

And this--

Mat 6:19  Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Mat 6:20  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Mat 6:21  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Where our treasure is- there will be our hearts also.

In our prayers GOD must be all in all, His will all in all, His ways all in all, His love our all in all.

If we are going to pray for our wills to be done, we will be very sadly disappointed.  But how often do we pray just that way, desiring our will to be done. 

We pray to God but refuse to submit to Him.

We must submit to God and HIS will if we truly are praying sincerely.

There is so much we need to learn and by the GRACE of GOD we will learn, by HIS WILL! In HIS LOVE!

All in HIM!