### 120. Q. Why has Christ commanded us to address God as “our Father”?

**A**. To awaken in us at the very beginning of our prayer what should be basic to our prayer— a childlike reverence and trust that through Christ God has become our Father, and will much less refuse to give us what we ask in faith than will our parents refuse us the things of this life.<sup>1</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Matt. 7:9-11](/index.php/get-passage/Matthew+7:9-11); [Luke 11:11-13](/index.php/get-passage/Luke+11:11-13)