The Imperative Need for Prayer

I find it significant that the Lord's Prayer, given to us by Christ himself contains the words " lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil". Knowing that Christ gave us this prayer and knowing that all things done by Him are well done, the significance of the Lord's prayer cannot be over stated. Also, the prayer is short with no superfluous words - it only includes praise and supplications that Christ knows to be essential. Clearly, Christ has shown us, with this prayer, that the need to pray to the Father for help with temptation is a highly important act for all humans.

I wish to add, that in my view, prayer from the heart is the most effective. Whether the words are well known and memorized, like the Lord's Prayer, or whether they are simply my own words, when I devote the time completely to heartfelt prayer, patiently and without distraction, it is during these times that I feel most refreshed by conversation with God.