In our passage today, Jesus provides us with a model for prayer – a primer on what should be included. But before He tells us the how, He also shows us a couple of areas to avoid when we pray. We aren’t to be pretenders – hypocrites. Neither are we to engage in problematic prayers – prayers that are wordy or wearying in the sense of babbling. Although we are invited to pray and to bring our requests to God, we must remember that prayer is worship. They are for God’s glory and our good.
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