The Key To Prayer

After observing the prayer life of Jesus, his disciples ask him to "teach us to pray." Jesus responds by giving them a brief model for prayer that begins with "Father" and then gives an illustration to show what that means.

"Father" is a loaded term. Inevitably, we all project some idea of our earthly fathers onto God and yet Jesus insists that we come to him as our Father. This teaching explains not what to pray for, but more importantly, who exactly we are praying to. As we approach God through Jesus, we can experience the privilege of being adopted as sons and daughters into his family.