
The Lord's prayer teaches us to face the need and issues of forgiveness at ground zero: our relationship with God.

The Lord's prayer teaches us to face the need and issues of forgiveness at ground zero: our relationship with God.
Read more: Forgive us Our Debts as We Forgive - The Lord's Prayer

The Lord's prayer teaches us to pray to God about the everyday, common things of life.
Read more: Give Us Today Our Daily Bread - The Lord's Prayer

The Lord's prayer teaches us to ask for God's will to be done in our own lives on earth.
Read more: Your Kingdom Come, Your will Be Done - The Lord's Prayer

The Lord's prayer teaches us that God's name shoud be treated as holy. Just as our names are important to us because they are who we are, so to are the names of God.

Living a Christian life while at the same time using our brokenness and pain as an excuse to not be closer to our Heavenly Father is another form of hypocrisy and religious performance Jesus wants us to be free off.