Maxims for prayer, and the Lord's Prayer. Perhaps the most significant v. of this section is Matthew 6:8, 'Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.' Christians, therefore, are not to pray mainly with the object of bringing their needs before God who knows them already, but because they love Him and delight to be in His presence, and to open their hearts to Him, and to receive from Him those holy inspirations and aspirations which He gives to those who pray aright. Those who thns understand what prayer is, will not pray like the hypocrites (Matthew 6:5), or like the heathen (Matthew 6:7). They will pray in secret, as well as in public, from the mere delight of praying. The section coneludes with the Lord's Prayer, which is given is the perfect model of all prayer.

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