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How does Jesus teach us to go deeper in our asking when we pray?
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By teaching us how to pray. He has given us the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13. It’s broken down into specific parts (requests) that we should use as a model when we pray.
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We are instructed to look beyond the barrier o circumstances and pray for His Kingdom to come on earth like it is in heaven. We are supposed to think from an eternal perspective that considers life the way God originally intended. We are to value heavenly things instead of earthly gain.
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God always put us first. He first loved us and died for us. Similarly, in the Lord’s prayer, He wants us to think of the wider kingdom rather than ourselves. Put Him first. Love Him first and then love others. Then He would take care of us and our needs.
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Jesus’ outline of prayer emphasizes the point that prayer has nothing to do with our needs and everything to do with remaining faithful to God. Of the six points discussed by Jesus, only one truly has to do with our desires; Beyond that, all the other elements of the Lord’s Prayer focus on aligning our hearts with God in praise, thinking through His desires, requesting strength to do His will, and forgiving us for our failures to honor Him, while requesting the ability to not fall into temptation into the future.
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First we seek His Kingdom. He teaches us to abide in Him and we then will see him. So seeking his Kingdom, his righteousness but getting to know him teaches us to experience him which helps us to know him and so to pray within this knowledge.
