directs all things for our good and his glory . This type of theology informs how we understand what we are doing when we come before his throne of grace with our requests and needs ( Heb . 4:16 ).
Approaching the Lord ’ s Prayer
The Lord ’ s Prayer does not teach us the artifice or the mechanics of prayer . Instead , the Lord Jesus rearranges our theology and breaks open our faulty misconceptions about the character of God and our deepest needs in this world . He teaches us that prayer is not about impressing God ; rather , it is about praising him by humbly coming before him to offer the kind of prayer that pleases him . himself to teach us to pray because , left to our own devices , we will pray wrongly . We need to approach the Lord ’ s Prayer with the same request and attitude as Christ ’ s disciples . We need to ask the Lord to teach us to pray . Of course , Jesus was ready to teach his disciples before they were ready to learn . He is ready to teach us too .
As Jesus ’ disciples , we need to pray . We are created to be a praying people . But we desperately need instruction on how to pray . We need the Lord Jesus Christ
Dr . Albert Mohler
R . Albert Mohler Jr . has been called “ one of America ’ s most influential evangelicals ” ( Economist ) and the “ reigning intellectual of the evangelical movement ” ( Time . com ). The president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary , he writes a popular blog and a regular commentary , available at AlbertMohler . com , and hosts two programs : “ The Briefing ” and “ Thinking in Public .” He is the author of many books , including We Cannot Be Silent , and has appeared in the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal , USA Today , and on programs such as NBC ’ s Today Show , ABC ’ s Good Morning America , and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer . He and his wife , Mary , in Louisville , Kentucky .
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