The Lord’s Prayer: Relying on God

198.232 - 230.339 R.C. Sproul

Obviously, what our Lord was communicating here in His response to His disciples was not the length of such a prayer, but rather the elements that are to be included in a normal prayer. response. And so let's continue with looking at what we see in the prayer. We saw that the beginning part of the prayer, the opening petitions, were petitions concerning the advancement of the kingdom of Christ.