Praying with Kingdom Values

The "Lord's Prayer" is in fact the model prayer for his disciples. It is not a mantra to be repeated mindlessly or superstitiously but an example of a prayer informed by kingdom values, the kind of prayer a disciple should pray. In such prayer, doxology (exemplified by the first three "your" requests) precedes and permeates requests for human needs (exemplified by the last three "us" requests).

--David L. Turner, Matthew (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2008), 186.