'Perhaps, not surprisingly, this is a prayer that never palls, never stales. Time and again it can lift us out of self-preoccupation into the Divine Purpose for the world...Day by day it nourishes.' From the Foreword by Richard Harries.

Learned by rote from childhood, the Lord's Prayer is central to our worship of God. But how much do we really know about the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples? These insights reveal its deep and essential meaning.

• Short, simple and deeply insightful
• The story of the Lord's Prayer placed in context by William Barclay
• Insight into the place, people and time - transforming well-worn words into thrilling insights
• Author's commentary gives new meaning and shines new light on the words of the Lord's Prayer
• Introduction by the Rt Revd and Rt Hon. Richard Harries, one of today's most respected writers
• Ideal for individuals and for Bible study Groups

William Barclay is one of the world's most popular commentators on the Bible.