The Jesus Prayer Model

Every time Jesus prayed He never used officious and high falutin titles to refer to God. Jesus always called God ‘Father’. He called God ‘Eli’ meaning Father and in The Lord’s Prayer of Matthew 6:9 Jesus taught us how to pray and said we should call God Father. God longs for intimacy with us. Religion longs for distance with God. In Mark 14:36 Jesus called God “Abba Father”, showing intimacy. And God enjoyed that intimacy which is why in Matthew 3:17 The Father responded “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”. In relating with God in Heaven, are you going to use the Jesus intimacy model and just say “Abba Father” or are you going to try to impress God by calling Him all kinds of titles and officious names when Jesus said “when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him”. Matthew 6:7-8.