I cannot pray OUR if my faith has no room for others and their need
I cannot pray FATHER if I do not demonstrate this relationship to God
in my daily living
I cannot pray WHO ART IN HEAVEN if all my interests and pursuits
are in earthly things
I cannot pray HALLOWED BE THY NAME if I am not striving with
God's help to be holy
I cannot pray THY KlNGDOM COME if I am unwilling to accept God’s rule in my life
I cannot pray ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN unless I am truly ready to give myself to God's service here and now
I cannot prayGIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD without
expending honest effort for it or if I would withhold from my neighbour
the bread that I receive
I
cannot pray FORGIVE US OUR TRESSPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGATNST
I cannot pray LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION if I deliberately
choose to remain in a situation where I am likely to be tempted
I cannot prayDELIVER US FROM EVIL if I am not prepared to fight evil with my life and my prayer
I cannot pray THINE IS THE KINGDOM if I am unwilling to obey the King
I cannot pray THINE IS THE POWER AND THE GLORY if I am
seeking power for myself and my own glory first
I cannot prayFOR EVER AND E\/ER if I am too anxious about each
days affairs
I cannot pray AMEN unless I honestly say, ‘Cost what it may, this is my prayer.