Our Father in Heaven

 Matthew 6:9-13

In this manner, therefore, 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 this day our daily bread. 

 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors. 

 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Sometimes we pray the same thing using different phrases which mean the same thing. We embellish our words and say it over and over again trying to make it sound different. But God only requires simple prayers. We don't have to use big words or try to say something in a more spiritual way. He understands what we are asking for and doesn't need to hear it in many different ways.  When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray He gave them a simple example, no big words, no repeated sentences. God doesn't need long embellished prayers, rather He wants us to come before Him and simply talk to Him. Prayer is talking to God about what is on our heart, He understands and He cares, and He will listen to our simple prayers.