Hey guys, welcome to today's episode. So glad that you're joining us. We're continuing today a study

on what does it mean to pray? What did Jesus say it means to pray to our father? That would be a good

piece of advice. Let's listen in on what Jesus taught today. Welcome to Everyday Truth with Kurt Skelly.

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episode. Hey, friends, welcome back. So glad you joined us for our continued study on the book of

Matthew, Jesus is King, but specifically we're looking at the great model prayer that Jesus gave.

Remember that the praying of Jesus was what was most impressive to his disciples about his ministry. Never did they ask him teach us to preach

or teach us to do miracles, although he did teach them to preach and do miracles. No, their request

was, Lord, teach us to pray. There must have been something that was so captivating,

something so deep and attractive about the way Jesus prayed, that people said, I'd love to communicate to the

Father like he does. And so Jesus is teaching us in Matthew chapter 6, how can we communicate

effectively with our God? Just the fact that we get to communicate with God. Wow. What a high and lofty privilege.

If I could tell you today, the president of the United States would like to call you at 115,

you would clear your schedule or some other famous movie star or athlete or business personality, you would find a way. And yet here is God

who longs for us to communicate with him and day by day. And often, unfortunately,

week by week, Christians can go without having meaningful conversation with their

God, who invites them to come. The Bible says, come boldly to the throne of grace. We can come

there. Why? Because we have access in Jesus' name. Watch what it says here in Matthew 6. Well, in verses 9 and 10, we talked about

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