Prayer is the most normal thing we do as sons and daughters of the Father. In Mt. 6:5-8, three times Jesus says “when you pray.” Jesus assumes we’ll pray, and that we should. “When you pray…” indicates that prayer is not too lofty an assignment for us, as if some are cut out for it while others are not. Prayer is for us, for people just like us—it is not the province of captains of spirituality.