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"The Lord's Prayer"

I haven't ever really understood the “Lord's Prayer,” as it's called.  It seemed so wrote and insincere to me before. Until recently, that is, when I have found it difficult to pray.  I have wanted to pray, but i've had a really hard time getting going. My radio station does this thing they call “Pray Down at High Noon.”  All that means is that every day at noon, they stop their normal programming, and someone, intending to lead the listening audience, prays the “Lord's Prayer” on the air. One day, I happened to be near the radio for the Pray Down, and I prayed along.  The next morning when I wanted to pray, I started with “Our Father.”  I've been using the Lord's example prayer for a couple of weeks now.   You know, what has come to be known as the “Lord's Prayer,” was how Jesus instructed His disciples on the matter of how to pray.  I think it was meant to be a guide.  And finally, 30-something years after I first asked Jesus to liv