Whats a proper prayer (Christian)?
a proper prayer is a prayer from your heart. And this is the traditional prayer 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, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
The proper way to pray was laid down by Jesus as he said in (Matthew 6:5-8) . . .”Also, when YOU pray, YOU must not be as the hypocrites; because they like to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the broad ways to be visible to men. Truly I say to YOU, They are having their reward in full. 6 You, however, when you pray, go into your private room and, after shutting your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; then your Father who looks on in secret will repay you. 7 But when praying, do not say the same things over and over again, just as the people of the nations do, for they imagine they will get a hearing for their use of many words. 8 So, do not make yourselves like them, for God YOUR Father knows what things YOU are needing before ever YOU ask him. Please note verse 7 – it is a command DO NOT SAY the same things over and over again Your prayer should be from your heart based on what Jesus said in the following verses (Matthew 6:9-15) 9 “YOU must pray, then, th
