Christ's Mould of Prayer

When we turn to a very familiar passage in the Bible, we are always in danger of thinking that, because we know it by heart, we really know it. May I ask you, for a little while, to rethink one of the most familiar passages in the whole Book and, as far as such a thing is possible, to think of it freshly as if you had never heard or seen it before. I refer to the passage commonly known as "The Lord's Prayer."

When our hearts are so melted by the Spirit's gracious power that we pray this prayer with fullness of meaning, we are allowing ourselves to be poured into his mould and will come out bearing more distinctly his image.