The Lords Prayer

[Ascetic X]

I know that Catholic churches recite The Lord's Prayer at every service (or Mass). They call it "the Our Father." I believe "The Lord's Prayer" is the more correct title. I don't believe that it should be recited at every service or any service for that matter. As others have said, it is a model teaching us how to pray.

The Lord’s Prayer is a model, yes. But I have no idea how to improve upon it.

You cannot go wrong by reciting the prayer that Jesus taught His disciples.

 

[Jerome]

From the Center for Baptist Renewal's Manifesto for Evangelical Baptist Catholicity :

"Article VIII...We believe that Baptist worship should be anchored in Holy Scripture and informed by the liturgical practices of the historic church. We believe that Christian worship should be Word-centered. In worship, we read, preach, sing, pray, and show forth (through the ordinances) the Word of God. We further believe that Baptist worship could benefit from incorporating historic practices such as...the recitation of scriptural and historic prayers (especially the Lord’s Prayer)"

 

[Jerome]

At the 2016 Annual Meeting, Southern Baptist Convention messsengers adopted a Resolution encouraging the churches' "reading Scripture together, and praying together, including well-known prayers, such as the Lord’s Prayer".

Here is a link to video* of the 1996 Annual Meeting which shows Southern Baptists being led together in singing the Lord's Prayer!
*go to Tuesday Morning session, skip to 3h49m

 

[David Lamb]

Follow the use of “we” throughout the epistle.

It is important to consider who is included when the word "we" is used. If we include all believers, we need to ask ourselves why "we" don't move mountains. have every prayer answered by God, and sell everything we have and hold all things in common.

If by "the epistle" you mean 1 John, where does that epistle mention moving mountains, having every prayer answered by God, or selling everything we have? Faith moving mountains is in Matthew's gospel:

(Mat 17:20 NKJV) So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

Jesus says the same thing in Matthew 21:21. Where do we read of any believers moving actual mountains?

Having all things in common is something we find in Acts:

(Act 4:32 NKJV) Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

That there was no compulsion about this is seen when we read further in the chapter, and find Peter's words to Ananias and his wife Sapphira, who sold a piece of land, and claimed to be bring the whole of the proceeds to the apostles:

(Act 5:3-4 NKJV) But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God."