Jesus taught us how to pray by giving us a great example as a guideline found on Matthew 6:9-13
Our Father which art in heaven,Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever Amen.
But he warned us to not use vain repetitions. President Nelson taught: " The Lord prefaced His prayer by first asking His followers to avoid vain repetitions (Matthew 6:7) and to 'pray after this manner' (Matthew 6:9) Thus, the Lord's prayer serves as a pattern to follow and not as a piece to memorize and recite receptively. A lot of times our prayers become too mechanical and he wants us to come to him in sincere prayer as if we were talking to him face to face.
We need to pray for everything big and small things. The Lord simply wants us to pray for God's help while we strive constantly to resist evil and live righteously. President Hinckley once said: "There is no power upon the earth like the power of prayer."
Today Daniel and I fasted all day because we both believe in the power of prayer. We didn't eat at all until 10:30 p.m. but we were not the only people fasting, our whole family was fasting, neighbors were fasting, our friends were fasting and even people we don't know around the world of diverse faiths were fasting to plea for God's help during this pandemic.
I have a testimony that there is power when people everywhere set aside their differences and unite together in prayer for a common purpose as so many around the world did this day.
Con amor,
Vero
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