One prayer I think is important to learn is the Lord’s Prayer. This is the prayer Jesus taught His disciples after they asked Him how they should pray.
This prayer covers all our basic needs in life. It starts by honouring God, then asks for His will, provision, forgiveness and protection. It finishes with declaring that all power belongs to Him always.
The first one is a more modern version. The second is an older version that many people know. It is the one I learned as a child.
Modern version
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.
Traditional version
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
I actually typed the prayer out and laminated it. I put it in my Bible as a bookmark and prayed it several times a day to learn it. Now I start every day with it.
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