President Trump Calls for 21 Days of Prayer at Let Us Worship Event
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21 days brings us to October 1.
Jesus taught us how to pray:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Amen.
The Bible specifically talks about not just repeating things mindlessly.
https://www.gotquestions.org/how-to-pray.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/effective-prayer.html
These resources would be far more useful.
Not mindlessly, but if it comes from your heart, it's a real prayer. Also, the Lord's Prayer is a model. Jesus was saying that these are the components a prayer should have. I'm sure we are free to personalize them.
And where did I disagree with any of this?
Mindlessly quoting those words is not praying from the heart, nor is it the level of a relationship that Jesus wants for us.
If it is coming from your heart, it isn't just a mindless ritual. I agree with you that if we are just repeating a ritual incantation, that is not what God is looking for, but many people you will witness saying the Lord's Prayer are actually praying, and any are not.