The Lord’s prayer

Three key personal requests on which we need to focus.

There are three essential things in Matthew 6:9-13, in the so-called ‘Lord’s Prayer’, that we are told by Jesus to request from our heavenly Father for ourselves as individuals. These highlight the areas that are of the most importance for us in His eyes. 

There are issues and concerns that we may think are of great importance to us when we pray – and there are issues that are of most concern for us from the LORD’s point of view! The prayer that Jesus taught us is short, simple and easy to memorise. It contains the essential elements that our prayers should have although we may fill out these elements as our specific situations need.