Because we asked him. At least one of his disciples asked him in Luke 11.1 -
"When he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples."
Yes he did. He taught us how to pray and to tell God to forgive our sins. :D
He was giving an example of how we should pray. He was telling the disciples not to pray as the hypocrites and pharisees did. So he gave them the Lords prayer as a kind of guidline for praying.
Jesus taught thedisciple the Lords prayer, in that he teaches them to pray that God will give them their daily bread. In other words their daily food.
Jesus tells us to pray in secret and not to make a big show of it to others.
Jesus tells us to pray in secret and not to make a big show of it to others.
We can pray in either names Jesus or Jesus christ and he will hear us for sure.
Jesus said to pray in silence, and not to make a show of it.
We Pray The Prayers Jesus Taught Us. And We Pray As Often As We Want. And they pray twice when they sing!
Its not jesus that teaches us its the people reading from the bible and putting it in a way they believe they should teach you.
It teaches us that Jesus is the Son of God.
This is what Jesus taught us to pray; following his disciples question: Luke 11.1. And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 3. Give us day by day our daily bread. 4. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
WE open the prayer by calling god our father. WE dare to do this because by Baptism into death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we are the adopted sons and daughters of god. Baptism makes us children of god. Jesus invited us to say, not my Father, but our Father, reminding us that we pray as baptized members of the church community.