What is the "Nature of a Prayer"?

A well beloved prayer that our Lord Jesus Christ taught His disciples known as "The Lord Prayer", was obviously given to be used as a model in how to pray (Mat.6:9a). The most intriging part in this "Lord Prayer" is how Jesus teaches us many precious lessons about the nature of prayer.

1. Such prayer is based upon our relationship with God as our Father of all who believe in His Son (see John 1:12) can only truly call God, "Our Father" (Matthew 6:9).
2. You must begin the prayer with an attitude of worship "hollowed be thy name" - Our absolute knowledge of God's holiness, who He is and does.
3. A sense of in our petition, that our prayer must first seek His kingdom (Mat.5:33), and its coming down from Heaven.
4. True prayer accepts in advance the will of God, whether it is known or unknown, whether granted or not granted.
5. A prayer should always envision the divine will and kingdom as objectives which will certainly be realized on earth.
6. Prayer may be hinder when the fellowship of the children with their Father is broken because of sin (see Mat. 6:12, 15 & Mark 11:25).
7. We as children of God must not merely know how to pray but we must be divenely taught to pray.

We must have an element of thanksgiving in our prayer (Php 4:6-7) and we are commanded by our Lord to pray in His name (John 16:23-24).

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