Our modern ears interpret the word pray as ask God to give me something I want or need.

But the word pray used in the Greek text of the Bible means, literally, to move towards the will of God - so that our will might be exchanged for his.

We see this meaning in play as Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night before his crucifixion. Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me. Yet not my will, but yours be done.

This is, perhaps, the most enchanting possibility available to those of us with free will - to choose to to relinquish our will in exchange for his.

This is the purpose of prayer. 

Today, we will see the purpose of prayer unfold before us in The Lord's Prayer that Jesus gave to his disciples - and to us. And the walk through that prayer is awe striking.

Source Scripture

Matthew 6:5-15; Luke 11:1-4

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