Trying to grapple with the 'language of prayer' has been an enlightening exercise for me. Yancey deals with this subject really well in his book 'Prayer: Does it make a difference,' but I want to share a quote from Lendol Calder today. He speaks about the 'Grammar' in our prayers.
"In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus has given us a “grammar for prayer,” one that organizes our thoughts and actually frees us to pray meaningfully to God. Grammar gives order to language and breathes meaning into speech. Jesus did not give us the Lord’s Prayer so that we might mindlessly repeat it (though there is nothing wrong with repeating the Lord’s Prayer with understanding in public settings; indeed, there is everything right about it). Rather, Jesus gave us a pattern for prayer to use frequently. He intended that the concerns of the Lord’s Prayer would be our concerns. He intended to teach us the kind of prayer language that pleases our Father and is good for our souls." – Lendol Calder
What do you think about his thoughts?
Being carried by Grace,
D3LM3
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