Why You Need to Pray "Our Father"
Imagine you're watching Jesus heal the blind, walk on water, and raise a boy from the dead. In Bible times, the three virtuous practices of the Jews at the new year were: giving to the needy, praying in secret, and fasting. Jesus opened up these works to expand them to bringing righteousness and justice to all He came in contact with. If you had been there, what would you want Him to do for you? It makes sense that one of the specific things the disciples asked Jesus to do was to teach them to pray. In the center of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 6:9-13, Jesus does just that, saying, "Our…
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