Jesus has rebuked those who made their religious practices an outward display to be honored by man. He elaborated on the practice of prayer by instructing how not to pray followed by giving a pattern for prayer.
Prayer that is nothing more than meaningless repetition or "many words" for the sake of going through the motions is not acceptable to God. Jesus taught that prayer should be informed by the Word of God, not to inform God.
In teaching the manner of acceptable prayer He began by pointing out that God must be approached with respect to the family relationship believers have with Him. God must be approached both intimately and reverently. God must be approached on the basis of what He has already said in His Word. In the pattern that Jesus gave He mentions the nature of appropriate requests to be made, three in respect to God and three in regard to personal human needs.
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In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
