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What should we pray when we don't know what to pray? Throughout church history, faithful believers have offered ideas. Some recommend that we pray the Psalms. There's "Lord, have mercy," too, and "I believe. Help my unbelief." |
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On a recent episode of Being Human, Matt Smallbone points the unsure-what-to-pray to the words of Jesus himself in The Lord's Prayer. Smalbone describes his own struggles with prayer and shares that, by praying The Lord's Prayer several times daily, he's found himself reorienting from reactivity to deep connection with God.
Next time we're stammering for the words to offer God, may we too find comfort in these words he gave us to pray.
"This, then, is how you should pray:
"‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.'"
Matthew 6:9–13 |
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