When most Christians’ say the Lord’s Prayer, they truly feel what they are reading. Also, this is an organised, set way of prayer, which means it is easy for Christians to give thanks to God, adore God, confess to God and ask God for help. It is meaningful for Christians who know what they’re saying, and truly believe it.
On the other hand, it is entirely different is someone just reads it with no enthusiasm and commitment. If you don’t know what you’re saying, the Lord’s Prayer becomes a chore and is absolutely meaningless to god and to yourself.
Subsequent to that, some may think that there is no originality if you pray the Lord’s Prayer, the same words every week, and that when it comes to praying, God wants something different, your own creation of words, rather than the same words of the Lord’s Prayer every week.
Furthermore, many think that god instructed us to pray like this, and that we should carry out what he said in the Bible, thus they don’t think it is meaningless to pray the lords prayer every week. ‘When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites! They love to stand up and pray in the houses of worship and on the street corners, so that everyone will see them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. But when you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.
When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that God will hear them because their prayers are long. Do not be like them. Your Father already knows what you need before you ask him. This, then, is how you should pray:
‘Our father in heaven:
May your kingdom be honoured
May your kingdom come;
May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us the food we need.
Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs others have done to us.
Do not bring us to hard testing, but keep us safe from the evil one.’
Quote above – MATTHEW, CHAPTER 6, VERSES 5-14. This is the part of the Bible that shows God instructing people on a way to pray – The Lord’s Prayer.
To conclude, there is no right or wrong when it comes to a question like this. The different answers have their possibilities, but in the end, it comes down to our views on prayer, and what we think the Lord’s Prayer means to god.
