The Prayer

Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us
Lead not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For thine is the Kingdom forever and ever. Amen

This is the model prayer, when Jesus' disciples asked him how to pray, he told them to pray like the prayer listed above. It is my hope in the coming days to break down this prayer and disect it verse by verse to better understand just what He was wanting us to do with our prayers. I can't see where praying for a new car, more money or the wants of our lives are listed here, but they do play a major role in our prayers don't they.
Our Father which art in Heaven gives us perspective. We are told by Jesus, God's own Son exactly where the person receiving our prayers is. He is in Heaven and that is important. It's important that we put God right where He is in our minds so that we don't stray from the basic components of our prayers and petitions to Him. This is a direct attempt to avoid the humanizing that we some times do. Let me ask you this, when you talk to God do you ever picture Him? This can be very dangerous in a sense because we must picture God as Supremely God, in HEaven. He is not some Gandolf looking older wiseman. He is not some king on a thrown ruling with an iron fist, he's simply God. We must in every way avoid humanizing God to the point of ranting in our prayers, or begging or grovelling. Those things are not needed simply because we are worshiping Him with our lives and He knows every aspect of our lives. He knows the motives of the heart, so when you pray, pray to the One who knows your heart, who is in Heaven and is intimately a part of your daily life.
Our Father which art in Heaven, keep Him there in your prayers and don't lose sight of what He did for you so that you could have a relationship with Him!