We learn by example, and so God has given us examples. He has given us many real-life examples of faith and faithlessness.

God has made great promises about hearing our prayers, but He has also commanded us to pray.

We might think we aren't anything, but The Chronicler tells us that we are really something.

The followers of Christ raise up other followers of Christ as spiritual parents.

Jesus gave us the Model Prayer for a reason. He intended us to believe it, pray it, and live it.

We need protection from all sorts of enemies, and so our Lord taught us to pray "Lead us not" and "Deliver us from".

We all have needs, and Jesus teaches us to ask God to supply those needs.

Jesus taught us to pray for the coming of the Kingdom, for God's will being done on earth.

"Hallowed be Thy name", the holiness of God, is how Jesus teaches us to pray and to live.

Rufus' mother was a mother to Paul, too, and that adoptive mothering is a great thing in the sight of God.