| Practical Meditations on the the Lord's Prayer Contributor(s): Hall, Newman (Author) |
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ISBN: 1612038115 ISBN-13: 9781612038117 Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Prayer - Religion | Christian Living - Spiritual Growth - Religion | Prayer |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.70 lbs) 178 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The prayer which our Lord delivered to the disciples as a model in their approaches to God, and which has been designated "The Lord's Prayer," is recorded by two Evangelists, and was spoken on two different occasions. In the Sermon on the Mount our Lord was reproving the superstition which regarded the frequent iteration of mere words as acceptable with God, and the Pharisaism which made a public parade of prayer to obtain the praise of men. Luke records that at a later period of Christ's ministry, "As He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples." This disciple may have forgotten the earlier instruction. Or he may have regarded it as too brief, or designed for the general multitude to whom it was addressed, and so asked for some counsel specially applicable to the inner circle of the disciples, similar to some teaching so given to the more intimate friends and followers of the Baptist. But our Lord simply repeated the subject-matter of the same Divine model, as containing the essence of all we need to ask, and as showing the spirit and manner of all acceptable prayer. |
