The Lord's Prayer Book

Prayer is a very powerful tool for the well being of a person. It brings him hope. It makes him believe that the impossible can be a possibility. Usually however, he prays for selfish reason. Thus, when the Apostles asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, I could not help but wonder if the reason was to help others or to become well-known miracle workers. The Jews are a very prayerful people that believe in miracles. They have a tradition going back to Adam, Noah, Moses and Solomon that by the right rituals or prayers or names of God one could perform miracles. For sure the apostles knew how to pray and the holy names of God. Yet why did they ask Jesus to teach them how to pray? What could be the reason? They saw Jesus performed miracles that they could not perform. They were very much impressed that they could not suppress their desire for Jesus to teach them how. But Jesus surprised them by teaching them a simple prayer instead of a complicated ritual or prayer. The prayer that Jesus taught is now known as the "Lord's Prayer" or the "Our Father". Since then, the Apostles were able to perform the same miracles as Jesus did. Was the Lord's Prayer the key to the miracles performed by the Apostles? If so, then this must be a very powerful prayer and would answer the question why Jesus taught only one prayer. The Lord's Prayer may not be as simple as it seems. People go to seminars, buy books, search for amulets and talismans for prosperity and health and look for gurus. Why not try the prayer taught by one of the greatest spiritual teachers, Jesus? This book is the most comprehensive book ever written about the Lord's Prayer. It traces the origin of the prayer and its possible source. Was Jesus really the author of the prayer? If so, why was not the prayer mentioned in the Gospels of Mark and John nor in the writings of Paul or the Gnostics? Who placed this prayer in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke? Why is there no original Hebrew version of the prayer considering thatRead More