How To Pray: The Lord's Prayer

It occurred to me that I should make a prayer template on how to pray, since I wrote an article criticizing how people pray incorrectly.  The Lord's prayer can be found below: the disciples came to Jesus and asked Jesus, what was the correct way to pray, and below is what Jesus told them.



[Matthew 6:9-13]
King James Version (KJV)

9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Now I will add in some of my own words as an example of how the prayer can be expounded upon, to suit any needs that one has in life.

9 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.  Jehovah  God.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.  Give us peace, love, a sound mind, health & strength.  Blessings in our occupations.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.  Forgive me for lying, fornication, forgive the pride of my heart, laziness, and wasting of time and gifts.  
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: Deliver me from Satan and his demons, from powers and principalities, I bind them in Jesus name; in Jesus name I bind all evil that comes against me and rebuke it to hell.  Deliver me from; witchcraft, jinxes, haters of God, sickness, death, and the workers of iniquity.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

This is just a start, you have to experiment with it and curtail this template to suit your needs.

Also, don't worry if you can't find the right words sometimes; the bible says that the holy spirit prays for us also because we don't know what to ask for sometimes.  [Romans 8:26].

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Being Responsible and Having Accountability

This blog post will probably be a little non-linear and it will include a few things that you will probably never hear in church, but as always, I'm here to give it to you straight.

I was at church on yesterday and the pastor said a few things that I feel need further reflection; this is not an examination of his points, its highlighting the points that will never be made from the pulpit.  He was discussing accountability and my first thoughts went to Jesus, as they always do.  In the Pharisee's minds they held Jesus accountable for breaking their laws(even though he did not break any law); one of the accusations was that Jesus claimed that he was the Son of God.  Jesus is of course the Son of God, for Jesus to say otherwise would be lying, and yet he was held accountable by men and sentenced to death for being exactly who he claimed to be and being completely honest. [Luke 22:66-71] (think on that for a moment)

He was killed (held accountable by the Pharisee's) for saying that He was the Son of God.  How many innocent people are in prison today?  Here is a link for a guy I follow on YouTube, he may go to jail today for trying to fulfill his duty as a watchman; the link is to his last broadcast, its kinda sad.

We are often told that we have no excuses, even though many people are unjustly treated and given titles that they have not earned.  One of the 10 commandments is, not to bear false witness against other people, and yet somehow people believe that this kind of thing never happens.  If it didn't happen there wouldn't be a commandment addressing it.

Here is another point that you will never hear in church: King Saul was commanded by God to defeat a set of people and kill them all, and their livestock, and take nothing from them.  Saul, spared their King's life and kept their gold (to supposedly tithe to God).  Because of this God renounced him as King and told him that Obedience is better than Sacrifice [1 Samuel 15].  As you obey God don't worry about how man holds you accountable, because we will all stand before Jesus one day for true judgment.

As the pastor closed on yesterday he led the congregation in a prayer to Jesus; he started by saying "Dear Jesus", in an innocent childlike voice and the audience was captivated by it, but I was disgusted because he did not follow the commandment of God.  The pastor made a point on yesterday to remind us to tithe, however he wrongly set the example on how to pray.  The disciples asked Jesus how to pray and Jesus told them to PRAY TO THE FATHER IN HIS NAME.  Remember obedience is better than sacrifice and yet the pastor cared more about the sacrifice(tithe) than being obedient.  What about the person that went home last night and prayed to Jesus, following his example.  Remember God, could not stand Saul because he disobeyed him.

Someone will no doubt feel that it doesn't matter because God and Jesus are one, however they asked Jesus to tell them how to pray and Jesus said to Pray to the Father [Luke 11:1-4].  Christians should obey Christ.

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