This week’s passage is a longer one, but it’s a section of the Sermon on the Mount that is very well-known: The Lord’s Prayer.

It’s found in Matthew 6:9-13.

I can remember standing and reciting this as a class prayer before lunch every day in Mrs. Moyel’s class when I was in third grade…. in a public school.

It’s a prayer that many people have learned by heart as children. And, as a result, it’s become almost too familiar, and we glance over it without really reading it or paying attention to it.

My challenge to you this week is to really think about what Jesus is saying here. Dwell on it. Pray over it. And then pray more like him…

Did you memorize this passage as a child? Or is this a new one for you? Let me know in the comments.