Can you remember the first prayer you learned? My family's dinnertime prayer was a favorite for me. “God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food.” The first rote prayers we learned are usually simple, but profound in meaning.

Prayer is the intimate connection between God and believer. Prayer is asking and thanking, but it’s more than that — it’s also worship, listening, learning, expecting, and hoping.

I don’t know what the disciples expected when they asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, but what he taught them can move mountains. It involves the community. It involves forgiveness and love and praise. It begs for the already/not-yet kingdom of God. It is the model prayer.

I challenge you to tattoo this prayer on your mind and heart. I challenge you to pray it as often as you think of it. And most difficult of all, I challenge you to live it out every day.

by Katie McKown from d365.org