And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. “But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. God is far more interested in our hearts when we pray than He is in our words. Some people treat the Lord’s Prayer as a magic formula, as if the words themselves have some specific power or influence with God. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'“ Many people misunderstand the Lord’s Prayer to be a prayer we are supposed to recite word for word.
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Matthew 6:9-13 says, “This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. The Lord’s Prayer is a prayer the Lord Jesus taught His disciples in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4.
