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[9] ... ‘Our Father who is in heaven,  Hallowed be Your name.  [10]  Your kingdom come.  Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.  [11]  Give us this day our daily bread.  [12]  And forgive us our debts,  as we also have forgiven our debtors.  [13]  And do not lead us into temptation,  but deliver us from evil.    Matthew 6:9-13 The Sermon on the Mount is one of the most important collections of the teachings of Jesus. Jesus calls his followers to live by a higher standard of right relationships with God and with other people. At the CENTER , of the CENTER , of the CENTER of the entire Sermon on the Mount is the Lord's Prayer And it's here because  Jesus wants this prayer to have a CENTRAL place in the lives of His followers . The prayer begins: " Our Father Who Is in the Skies " " OUR Father ", not " MY Father ." " Father " a really intimate way to address God and was Jesus' favorite name for God, which...