What Does the Bible Say About Prayer?

The Manner of Prayer

With all of these things in mind, we can return to the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 as follows:

Acknowledge God

(Matthew 6:9-13 KJV) “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. (10) Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. (11) Give us this day our daily bread. (12) And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. (13) And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”

Again, referring to Matthew 6:9 and understanding the manner or prayer, we start by acknowledging God first:  “Our Father which art in heaven…” The Bible tells us God is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last (Revelation 1:8, 11; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13). God was in the beginning (Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-2; Hebrews 1:10) and will continue to be in the end (Ecclesiastes 3:1; Daniel 6:26). Alpha and Omega refer to the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet. Simply stated, we acknowledge God first and at the end of the prayer, when we say, “Amen.”