How Do I Use The Lord's Prayer? One way to pray like Jesus is to pray the Lord's Prayer word for word. You can also personalize it and use Jesus' words as a structure for your prayers. This post breaks the prayer down, verse by verse so that you can pray like Jesus.
I also created a PDF journal that guides you through The Lord's Prayer as well! Read The Lord's Prayer - Our Father Who Art in Heaven - Bible Verses & Meaning and learn how to pray in ways that reveal God's power and strength. The Lord's Prayer Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
Amen. Christian prayer examples are prayers from Scripture. By following prayer examples on the topics of The Lord's prayer, starting your day, love, fear, bedtime, and praise we can pray even when we are unsure what to pray.
Jesus gave the Lord's Prayer as an example of how to pray. Here is a breakdown of how we might use it as a guide. This page features several inspiring prayer examples, useful for reading in church services, for public prayers, or in personal devotion.
There is a sample opening and closing prayer for church services, prayers suitable for saying before meals, and beautiful examples of daily prayer (e.g. for the morning and nightfall). Pastor Greg Laurie says the Lord's Prayer is a model for all prayer and explains the Lord's Prayer line by line.
An Outline of The Lord's Prayer The Lord's Prayer is more than just a prayer we memorize and recite, it's also a lesson in how to pray. Learn to pray as Jesus taught by using the Lord's Prayer prayer as a guide for your own prayers. Below is an outline of the Lord's Prayer.
Each section is a prayer we should offer to God. Each line represents how we should pray. The Lord's Prayer should be understood as an example, a pattern, of how to pray.
It gives us the "ingredients" that should go into prayer. Here is how it breaks down. "Our Father in heaven" is teaching us whom to address our prayers to-the Father.
"Hallowed be your name" is telling us to worship God, and to praise Him for who He is. The Lord's Prayer is a short prayer that models how Christians should pray to God. The prayer itself includes 7 petitions (requests) for God's help in living a holy and faith-filled life.
The first 3 petitions focus on acknowledging and respecting God's power and authority, while the last 4 petitions focus on asking for God's help in life's day.