- #WLC181 Why are we to pray in the name of Christ? The sinfulness of man, and his distance from God by reason thereof, being so great, as that we can have no access into his presence without a mediator; and there being none in heaven or earth appointe...
- #WLC182 How doth the Spirit help us to pray? We not knowing what to pray for as we ought, the Spirit helps our infirmities, by enabling us to understand both for whom, and what, and how prayer is to be made; and by working and quickening in our...
- #WLC183 For whom are we to pray? We are to pray for the whole church of Christ upon earth; for magistrates, and ministers; for ourselves, our brethren, yea, our enemies; and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter;...
- #WLC184 For what things are we to pray? We are to pray for all things tending to the glory of God, the welfare of the church, our own or others good; but not for anything that is unlawful.
- #WLC185 How are we to pray? We are to pray with an awful apprehension of the majesty of God, and deep sense of our own unworthiness, necessities, and sins; with penitent, thankful, and enlarged hearts; with understanding, faith,...
- #WLC186 What rule hath God given for our direction in the duty of prayer? The whole word of God is of use to direct us in the duty of prayer; but the special rule of direction is that form of prayer which our Savior Christ taught his disciples, commonly called The Lord’s pr...
- #WLC187 How is the Lord’s prayer to be used? The Lord’s prayer is not only for direction, as a pattern, according to which we are to make other prayers; but may also be used as a prayer, so that it be done with understanding, faith, reverence, a...
- #WLC188 Of how many parts doth the Lord’s prayer consist? The Lord’s prayer consists of three parts; a preface, petitions, and a conclusion.
- #WLC189 What doth the preface of the Lord’s prayer teach us? The preface of the Lord’s prayer (contained in these words, Our Father which art in heaven,) teacheth us, when we pray, to draw near to God with confidence of his fatherly goodness, and our interest t...
- #WLC190 What do we pray for in the first petition? In the first petition (which is, Hallowed be thy name,) acknowledging the utter inability and indisposition that is in ourselves and all men to honor God aright, pray, that God would by his grace enab...
- #WLC191 What do we pray for in the second petition? In the second petition (which is, Thy kingdom come,) acknowledging ourselves and all mankind to be by nature under the dominion of sin and Satan, we pray, that the kingdom of sin and Satan may be dest...
- #WLC192 What do we pray for in the third petition? In the third petition (which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven,) acknowledging, that by nature we and all men are not only utterly unable and unwilling to know and do the will of God,...
- #WLC193 What do we pray for in the fourth petition? In the fourth petition (which is, Give us this day our daily bread,) acknowledging, that in Adam, and by our own sin, we have forfeited our right to all the outward blessings of this life, and deserve...
- #WLC194 What do we pray for in the fifth petition? In the fifth petition (which is, Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors,) acknowledging, that we and all others are guilty both of original and actual sin, and thereby become debtors to the j...
- #WLC195 What do we pray for in the sixth petition? In the sixth petition (which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,) acknowledging, that the most wise, righteous, and gracious God, for divers holy and just ends, may so order...
- #WLC196 What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s prayer teach us? The conclusion of the Lord’s prayer (which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.), teaches us to enforce our petitions with arguments, which are to be taken, not f...
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