{"id":2452,"date":"2015-09-25T11:17:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2015-09-25T11:17:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:17:31","slug":"baby-steps-to-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2015\/09\/baby-steps-to-prayer.html","title":{"rendered":"Baby Steps to Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cCommit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, and the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.\u201d <\/i>(Psalm 37:5)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Children learn to talk. We too have been learning, talking with God in fits and starts ourselves. We half imagine that we are real adults, mature, stable and important in our own corners of the world. But truth be, we are children ourselves, and nothing shows this more than our quest to communicate with God. We are just beginning our eternal lives, so in that sense we are just infants, learning a skill of unimaginable honor and one we will practice forever. We are learning to pray.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Lord, teach us to pray. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Our Father in heaven,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Reveal who you are.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Set the world right;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Do what\u2019s best\u2014<\/em><br \/>\n<em> as above, so below.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Keep us alive with three square meals.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You\u2019re in charge!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You can do anything you want!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You\u2019re ablaze in beauty!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Yes. Yes. Yes. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em>(Matthew 6:9-13 The Message Bible)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCommit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, and the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.\u201d (Psalm 37:5)\u00a0 Children learn to talk. We too have been learning, talking with God in fits and starts ourselves. 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