How to Pray the Lord's Prayer
Quiet your thoughts and focus them on God., Praise the Lord's kingdom and desire its fulfillment: "Thy kingdom come.", Next, trust your life into the hands of the Lord, saying: "Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.", Ask God to help you...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Quiet your thoughts and focus them on God.
If you want, kneel, close your eyes, or make the Sign of the Cross.
Begin with: "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name".
Here, you praise God as your Father and lift up His name as holy. -
Step 2: Praise the Lord's kingdom and desire its fulfillment: "Thy kingdom come."
His kingdom brings righteousness, peace, and joy in the presence of the Holy Spirit; and you are asking Him to usher these values into the world. , God is just and kind, and He sees what is best for you in the long run, so you seek to submit yourself to His will. , , "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."
"Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil."
,"Jesus taught us: "After this manner therefore pray:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory forever.
Amen." (Matthew 6: 9--13) -
Step 3: trust your life into the hands of the Lord
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Step 4: saying: "Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven."
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Step 5: Ask God to help you with your daily needs by praying: "Give us this day our daily bread."
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Step 6: Ask Him to wash away your sins
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Step 7: while reminding you that you should let go of your grudges and anger.
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Step 8: Ask God to guard you from testing and evil.
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Step 9: Declare His power
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Step 10: trusting that everything is possible with Him
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Step 11: saying: "For Thine is the Kingdom
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Step 12: the Power and the Glory forever."
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Step 13: Conclude your prayer humbly by saying: "Amen.
Detailed Guide
If you want, kneel, close your eyes, or make the Sign of the Cross.
Begin with: "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name".
Here, you praise God as your Father and lift up His name as holy.
His kingdom brings righteousness, peace, and joy in the presence of the Holy Spirit; and you are asking Him to usher these values into the world. , God is just and kind, and He sees what is best for you in the long run, so you seek to submit yourself to His will. , , "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."
"Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil."
,"Jesus taught us: "After this manner therefore pray:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory forever.
Amen." (Matthew 6: 9--13)
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