Your sermon should encourage God’s people to pray as children, trusting that God is their Father who is eager to do them good. Highlight the typical prayers of hypocrites and pagans that we need to unlearn.
Explain the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples and how this is meant to serve as a model for our own.
5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.