Can you say with Luther, "...I am still suckling on the Lord's prayer like a child and am still eating and drinking of it like an old man without growing weary of it."...

Good Friday reminds us that "we can't go on loving the sin that led our Saviour to the horrors of the cross."...

According to Martin Luther, "If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer."...

"If we have power of ourselves to keep from sin, why pray to God for power...let us therefore sue to God for strength to keep us from sinning."...

"Zeal for your house will consume me." - Jesus to the pigeon merchants....

"Sin is the sickness of the soil...and incurable [by] any power in heave or earth but that of the Lord Jesus only...He is the great Physician." - John Newton...

"Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."...

Martin Luther's example of praying 'Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.'...

Lewis wonders if the hardest Christian virtue is, '...this terrible duty of forgiving our enemies.'...

"There is no pit so deep that God is not deeper still."...

"...here in the mountains I've seen hatred; I've seen bitterness; I've seen greed; I've seen covetousness; I've seen wrongdoing."...

If we are to survive deep confession we need to, "...look out more - out to Jesus Christ who is made unto us Sanctification as well as Righteousness."...

"Confession is the most profound kind of humiliation. It hurts, makes one feel small; it deals a terrible blow to one's bride." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer....

"Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."...

Though it might be simple, almost childish, we often need this reminder from Eric.......

Another example of Martin Luther praying through the Lord's Prayer, specially what it might look like to pray for Daily Bread....

George Muller is an admirable example of prayerfully trusting God for our daily bread....

Tim Keller imagines what a child might wish for if he had Aladdin's lamp. In fact, what might you wish for.......

Jesus was faced with His own need of daily bread. How did He respond?...

We shouldn't make a habit of rushing to ask God for things without first worshipping Him....

"Give us this day our daily bread."...

A story to make us think...perhaps we need to put more effort into simply trusting God's will instead of needing to know and determine God's will....

John Smed helps us, "Imagine a company buying out and taking over a smaller company which has fallen on hard times...."...

"The kingdom of heaven is above all hyperbole..." and yet Thomas Watson tries to give us a taste of its glory....

According to Thomas Watson, "By this kingdom is meant, that glorious estate which the saints shall enjoy when they shall reign with Go and angels forever...it is a freedom from..."...

The Kingdom of God is not always as we might dream or imagine. As Dietrich Bonhoeffer suggests, even Jesus was challenged about whose kingdom He was seeking....

'Your Kingdom Come, You will be Done,' led Martin Luther to pray, "Convert and restrain them...."...

"Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done" ...

A suggestion from Martin Luther of how you might pray 'Holy be Your Name.'...

A heart for God's holiness, and a recognition of our own failures, must prompt a desire - a prayer - that we would grow in holiness....

'Holy be Your Name' should lead us to repentance...but there is a danger that even our repentance can be fueled more by our pride than a proper vision of God's holiness....

"When a man gets a clear view of the holiness of God it is all over with all claim of personal excellence."...

Tim Keller helps us to worship God in prayer by imagining '...someone put a beautiful, priceless ancient Ming dynasty vase in your hands.'...

Graham Cole and AW Tozer help us understand, "God is holy and He has made holiness the moral condition necessary to the health of His universe."...

"Holy be Your Name"...

"In the midst of your daily storms, make it a point to be still and set your sights on Him. Let God be God." - Max Lucado...

When we truly acknowledge and see God as the majestic King of the universe that has to impact how we approach Him. JI Packer challenges us to consider if we really grasp God's majesty....

We come to the same God, awesome in power and able to work miracles...the difference is that we have a mediator who has signed a covenant of grace with His blood....

"Whenever we engage in prayer, there are two things to be considered...His fatherly love toward us, and His boundless power."...

"Confident and effective prayer begins with 'Our Father.' We start here. We can go no further until we know Him as Father. This precious truth should be carried into all our requests." - John Smed...

"We pray to a God of mercy sitting on a throne of grace. God's children should, in all their troubles, run to their heavenly Father. Surely God, who hears the cry of ravens, will hear the cry of His children." Plus more meditations from Thomas Watson....

These are not just words. This is not just prayer. This is an example of life lived with God as Father....

"It is neither the formula nor the number of words but faith that reaches God in His fatherly heart." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer...

Thomas Watson offers some answers to why we can consider God as the 'best father'....

Simply thinking, treating, or calling someone 'father' doesn't mean they will treat you like their child. There is a vast difference between approaching God as a slave or as a son....

"To this day I am still suckling on the Lord’s Prayer like a child and am still eating and drinking of it like an old man without growing weary of it. I regard it as the best of prayers.…" - Martin Luther, 1535...