On Earth as It Is in Heaven
How the Lord's Prayer Teaches Us to Pray More Effectively

This is more than just a book on prayer. It covers the worship of God, the life of the believer, examples to follow (or avoid), and more. I found fascinating how he used historical examples of how principles from the model prayer were applied or violated in Israel’s history. In a way, the model praye......more

It seems obvious after reading this book, but after saying the Lord's Prayer daily (usually more than once a day) for most of my life, I had never realized that three of the requests in the prayer focus on God and three focus on the needs of the person saying the prayer. The prayer begins with hallo......more

I can't give this book five stars because it didn't finish off being what it started out to be. When I first started the book I was under the impression that it was about prayer, more specifically how to pray using the Lord's Prayer as the supreme example of what effective prayer should be. However,......more

Those who have spent a lifetime in church have heard many sermon on the Lord's prayer. This book was one in which the reader is called on to do reflective thinking. Key thoughts were "Prayer is a miracle and the sooner you realize this fact, the sooner prayer ceases to be a dull routine or a religio......more

It's amazing how the "Lord's Prayer" can be dissected sentence by sentence to give such insightful examples of how we should pray. When the disciples asked Jesus "Lord, teach us to pray", His response seemed very unprepared and not thought out. He simply said, "Pray like this..." My oh my, how this......more