Most people at one time or another , wonder who they should address when starting a prayer . The Christian concept of the Trinity has caused people to hesitate to pray . It's like who do I pray to ? Luke 6.12 says One of those days , jesus went out to a mountainside to pray and spent the night praying to God .
Interestingly , when Jesus prayed , as recorded in the Bible , he prayed to his Father . This is a difficult concept for many to embrace . How can someone be God but pray to himself ? In some sense , this is a matter of faith .
We can't know and understand everything about the mysteries of God , but we can accept by faith that God , the father , was manifest in earthly ministry as Jesus . So he models for us how to pray to the one true God . In Matthew 6 , 9 through 13 , we read pray like this our Father in heaven , your name is holy . May your holy nation come .
What you want done , may it be done on earth as it is in heaven . Give us the bread we need today . Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us . And that's from the New Life Version , matthew 6 , 9 through 13 . And this is the famous Lord's Prayer . It's when Jesus tells his disciples how to communicate with God .
Lord's Prayer it's when Jesus tells his disciples how to communicate with God . Immediately before the prayer itself . He tells them to go find a quiet place and God will see the sincerity of the heart offering a prayer . He also says something else amazing . God knows what we need even before we ask him .
Confusion over who we are praying to is one of the most commonly asked questions . Yet God is not waiting to turn away or shut the door on us if we fail to use some formal greeting . There are plenty examples in scripture of prayers to God the Father . Of course God exists as God , the Father , Jesus , the Son and the Holy Spirit .
And the point is , this is not a trick that is set up so that you can fail the triune . God wants to hear from us and a sincere heart wishing to talk to God will get through just fine . Let's pray , father God . There are some things that are hard for us to process . We can have assurance that talking with you anytime is available to us .
We don't have to be perfect . Thank you for that , lord , in Jesus' name amen .