FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13

Since prayer is the primary tool in our arsenal, how should we pray? What kinds of prayers are acceptable? God has placed at our disposal a variety of forms of prayer, including praying in the Spirit where we pray in languages we do not understand. Does having a relationship with Jesus Christ mean that our prayers can and should simply be free-form? The leading of the Holy Spirit is our key! In cultivating and building our relationship with God, His Spirit will direct our prayers! Does the Bible offer us any guidance on how we should pray and what we should pray? We have the model prayer offered by Christ Himself in The Lord’s Prayer, found among other places in Matthew 6:9-13, “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’” As far as using this for guidance or a model, the most important things Jesus says in Matthew 6 are in the context.