Prayer is a tremendous privilege that followers of Jesus Christ enjoy as children of God, but it sometimes seems like a chore. The Lord teaches us how to pray, and we find that prayer is essential to growing in our faith. We learn to approach God with boldness, yet with reverence, and to pray for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. We pray for daily bread, forgiveness, and protection, and we are reminded that our enemy seeks to distract us from prayer.
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