Welcome to Gospel in Life. We all know there's a big difference between knowing about God and actually knowing God personally. To know anyone, you have to spend time with them. If you're a Christian, prayer is essential to have a deep relationship with God. You won't be able to know yourself, know God, or grow in your relationship with him without prayer.

Join us today as Tim Keller teaches on why prayer is such an essential part of life with Christ.

We're looking at the Lord's Prayer. We're looking at Jesus model for prayer. Jesus teaches us how to pray.

Let's read in Matthew 6, 5 to 15. It's printed in your bulletin.

And when you pray, he says, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the

synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men.

I tell you the truth they have received their reward in full.

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father who is unseen.

Then your father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on

babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like

them, for your father knows what you need before you ask him.

This then is how you should pray. Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come,

your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread, forgive us our

debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive men their sins, your father will not forgive your sins.

This is God's word.

The first thing that Jesus tells us to get to in prayer, once we've addressed, once we know

who we're talking to, our Father who art in heaven, the first thing we're supposed to

in prayer is, hallowed be thy name. That's the first thing that

comes up. What does it mean to hallow? Well, it's an old, you know, it's interesting. It's an old word.

It's an old English word. It's never used virtually anymore in everyday English. But it's

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