Teach Us Lord To Pray (Revised)
There are prayers within all faiths of the world, especially Christianity, that were written and taught to be repeated word for word, syllable for syllable. I believe many of these same prayers can be and are used as a template for how to pray for the experiences the believer is currently navigating. Then there is prayer to God that is not written, but is straight, raw communication from the heart, mind and circumstances in order to receive direction or clarity. I think many times believers and seekers of any faith get entangled in chanting the words of a prayer for divine involvement in their situation. For Christians, what is commonly known as The Lord's Prayer (Luke 11:1; Matthew 6:9-13) , could easily be spoken like a mantra. Spoken like this the words hold the power and not the Messiah who taught them the prayer. From all the astonishment, from all the amazement, from all the difficulty the Disciples encountered with the teachings of Jesus - there was one thing they asked to b...