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Should Christians pray the Lord's Prayer? The Lord's Prayer can be found in Matthew chapter 6 verse 9 through 13. And unfortunately people have used this as a carte blanche command to state that we should recite these exact words unto the Lord in prayer, namely of course the Catholics. The problem with this is that if it were true, we would find examples of people reciting this throughout the New Testament, but we don't. We have examples of the disciples, the apostles, and even Jesus Christ praying unto God the Father, but never once do they recite Matthew chapter 6 verse 9 through 13. Problem number 2 is that the vast majority of people who recite the Lord's Prayer do it repetitiously, which is something that the Bible strictly condemns. The Bible says in verse 7, But when ye pray, use not vain repetition as the heathens do, for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking. At the end of the day, Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer as a model that possesses the proper components to have an effective prayer life. Link in the description for a full sermon.