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It consists of three parts: the preface, the petitions, and the doxology, or conclusion.The preface, Our Father who is in heaven, lays a general foundation for prayer, comprising what we must first know of God before we can pray in confidence of being heard.It likewise points out to us all those tempers with which we are to approach God, which are most essentially required if we desire that either our prayers or our lives should find acceptance with him.
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3. It consists of three parts, the preface, the petitions, and the doxology or conclusion. The preface, Our Father which art in Heaven, lays a general foundation for prayer; comprizing what we must first know of God, before we can pray, in confidence of being heard. It likewise points out to us all those tempers, with which we are to approach to God, which are most essentially requisite, if we desire either our prayers or our lives should find acceptance with him.