How To Pray To God - The Lord's Prayer

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The most common prayer for Christians is found in the Bible.

Mathew 6:9-13(NIV Life Application Study Bible.1991.Tyndale. Pages 1657-1658)

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This, then, is how you should pray:

" 'Our Father in heaven,
hallowedbe your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts, we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.

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The above prayer Jesus said to pray 'like this'. Which means :

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1. Praise God First

2. Pray for His will to be done in the world
3. Pray for what we need every day
4. Ask for forgiveness of our sins(this is repentence). And work to forgive those
who you are in need of forgiving.

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5. And lastly Pray for help in resisting what sins we are having difficulty with, as
well as deliverance from evil.
It is the sincerity and honesty of your prayers that matter, instead of how long
you pray or how much thought you put into it. God knows your heart. It is also
not good to pray in a way that is just vain repetition. Just saying the same
prayer over and over again thinking that God will be happy is not correct. He
also wants us to pray to Him all the time, do not reserve prayer for just one hour
of one day a week. Instead pray at any time of the day or night. When you pray
and are sincere, God will then see that and hear you. And do not be afraid to
persist in your prayers. God doesn't always say yes to us, but when he doesn't
tell us no then we need to be persistent and/or patient. Lastly we often tend to
pray for only those things and people that we care about, but we are to also
pray for those people that are our enemies as well as those that have wronged
us in any way.
About Forgiveness:

When it comes to admitting our sins to God we are working through the steps
of repentance. It is important to note that though we are already saved when
we accept Christ, we remember what grace we have recieved when we see
that God forgives all. But we must work towards removing what causes us to
sin as well. This doesn't mean cutting off your hand literally like you can read
in the bible, it really means that if you are an alcoholic remove the alcohol and
the desire for it, if you gamble remove yourself from places where you can
gamble and the cause of your addiction.
And as He has forgiven us, we also ought to forgive everyone who has sinned
against us as well! Though we forgive those people who have wronged us we
don't have to trust them like nothing happened. Trust must be earned again,
but forgiving them and releasing the bitterness and emotion so that this can
not block God from working in your life is important!

The Armor Of God

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If you go to Ephesians 6:10-18 you will see that clearly Paul, who wrote this
letter, tells us how to put on the armor of God and what it is.
Being Christian means being in a battle ground! The bible and prayer are
weapons we use to fight against evil in our lives and to guide others as well. The
bible acts like a light in the darkness(Psalm 119:105) helping us find our way
out. The Holy Spirit can also guide you, do not forget to pray to the Spirit asking
Him for guidance as well in hard times, or whenever you need it. As awesome as
it is, we can pray to the Spirit, to the Son, and even to the Father. Either way,
we are praying to God.
1 Thessalonians 5:17-18

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