Why is it so important to thank God? To learn the importance of how to thank God and to see a what such a prayer of thanksgiving looks like we will look at Psalm 136.

Perhaps the most confusing part of the disciple's prayer is the end, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." What is Jesus teaching us to ask? We also will read Psalm 1.

Jesus teaches us to pray for repentance. What does repentance involve, and what is the goal? Why, instead of praying, "forgive our sins," does Jesus teach us to pray, "forgive us our debts as we have forgiven our debtors"? We will be reading David's great prayer of repentance in Psalm 51.

Is is presumptuous to ask God for our needs in prayer? Jesus teaches us to come to our Heavenly Father and ask, "Give us today our daily bread." We will also read Psalm 78.

What does Jesus mean when he teaches us to pray "Your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven." We also will read Psalm 145. 

This week we will study the prayer Jesus teaches his disciples to pray. Today we look at the first part of the prayer, "Our Father, who is in Heaven, hallowed be your name. We will also look at David's prayer in Psalm 9. I also want to encourage you to read the Disciple's prayer in Matthew 6 or Luke 11.

Not only should we be concerned with who is able to pray, but what kind of people should we be as we pray to God. Today, we ask, "Who can pray?" and read Psalm 8. In today's episode Augustine's letter to Proba is referenced. For those interested in reading the text of the letter, please follow this link.

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Today we tackle questions of timing and frequency of prayer as we ask, "When should I pray?" We also will be reading Psalm 139.

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Today we ask, "What is the purpose of prayer?" and read Psalm 63.

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Perhaps more than anything else, our understanding of the one to whom we pray, determines how we pray. Today we ask "To whom do we pray?" and read Psalm 27.

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