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How do you say The Lord’s Prayer?
Posted on September 16th, 2009
A Pastor’s Perspective
By Mike Salch, Pastor First Baptist Church
Is it possible to say The Lord’s Prayer in the wrong way? Jesus began His teaching about prayer by teaching how not to pray (Matthew 6:5-8). We are not to pray like hypocrites. In Jesus’ day, the word hypocrite referred to actors. When they were acting, the things they were saying and doing were not real. They were just playing a part. There were people in Jesus’ day who put on a big show when they said prayers so that others would think of them as righteous – but they were not sincere. Jesus said we are not to pray like them.
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What is the Lord’s Prayer exactly?
Posted on August 27th, 2009
A Pastor’s Perspective" By Mike Salch
Pastor First Baptist Church of Orchard
The Lord’s Prayer. Almost everyone knows it and has said it. But was is it, exactly, and what do all those phrases mean? The Gospel of Luke, chapter 11 tells us The Lord’s Prayer was Jesus answer to the disciples when they asked him, “Lord, teach us to pray.”
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