Ancient Prayers for Modern Saints

The Lord’s Prayer

⁹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

 ¹⁰Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

 ¹¹Give us this day our daily bread.

 ¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

 ¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.  Amen.

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The Jesus Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ,

Son of God,

Have Mercy on me,

A sinner.  Amen.

 

The Jesus Prayer has been used by Christian believers for centuries as an aid to come into the presence of God.  I personally have been praying this prayer for about six months, dozens of times a day.  It has borne good fruit and I would recommend it for any believer.  The Jesus Prayer is based on the prayer of the tax collector standing in the Temple.

 ¹³“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

Luke 18:13 (NIV)

Please follow this up with a Broken Believer companion post at: https://brokenbelievers.com/2009/11/02/the-jesus-prayer-prayer-beads-personal-revival/