Feb. 18, 2024

We call this the Lord's Prayer, although it is not a prayer that Jesus would ever have prayed Himself--because He had no need to pray about the forgiveness of sin.  This is a model prayer, a teaching prayer in response to the disciple's request: "Lord, teach us to pray."  The disciples did not say, "Teach us a prayer," but "teach us how to pray."  So this is the Lord's answer:  "This, then is how you should pray." He taught us to pray for heavenly things and to pray for earthly things.