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Here are four ways we can pray better: 1) We can pray as Jesus and His saints have taught us (Luke 11:1-4); that is, we can take as our instructions in prayer the words and example of Jesus and the saints. 2) We can pray with more perseverance (Luke 11:5-8), not giving up when it is difficult. 3) We can pray with more confidence in God’s goodness (Luke 11:9-13). 4) We can pray with greater fervor (1 Sam. 1; Dan. 10). “Lord, teach us to pray” This is the simple prayer uttered by Jesus’ discip …

The rosary is a popular Catholic devotion that the Catechism endorses as a “form of piety” that expresses the “religious sense of the Christian people” (1674). But for many Protestants, the rosary, with its repetition of the Hail Mary prayer, contradicts Jesus’ command to “Use no vain repetitions as the heathens do” (Matt. 6:7; KJV). It would seem that the Catholic practice of praying the rosary is a direct violation of Jesus’ command.MEETING THE CHALLENGE1. Jesus wasn’t condemning prayers that …