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To: tiredofallofit

No. We don’t say The Lord’s Prayer — as a prayer. If we’re studying that passage in Matthew, of course we read and discuss it.

Nothing against it; we just believe it to be more of a “model” prayer. It says, “After this MANNER therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven...”. A kind of template or format for praying. Our prayers aren’t scripted and repititious. Where’s the feeling and sincerity?

I love “The Lord’s Prayer” by Malotte, and have a beautiful piano arrangement of it.


37 posted on 01/20/2018 4:32:09 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

While I understand your reasoning, I think it’s sad that you don’t say the Lord’s Prayer regularly in Church. Yes, of course it can become vain and repetitious if the person praying it is not paying attention to the words. But if you were to take the more “spontaneous” prayers that are prayed at your church over a period of weeks or month, my educated guess is that there would be plenty of repetition in those as well.


39 posted on 01/20/2018 5:17:11 PM PST by tiredofallofit
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