Teach Us to Pray
Prayer is not a religious routine but an intimate relationship with the Father, modeled by Jesus, where we are drawn into God’s heart and His will through sincere, secret fellowship with Him.
Prayer. It’s one of the deepest places of fellowship with God. Even Jesus’ disciples, those that were closest to Him, asked Him to teach them to pray. In Luke 11:1, it says, ‘It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” The disciples witnessed Jesus do many things and yet what they asked Him to teach them was how to pray! They didn’t ask Him to teach them how to do miracles or perform signs and wonders, they wanted to learn how to pray. This really communicates something about Jesus relationship with the Father. I want my life to communicate to others so much that it actually creates desire for deeper intimacy with God. May this be our prayer as well, “Lord, teach us to pray.”
Jesus responds to their request in Luke 11:2-4, ‘And He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your Name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.” Jesus covered everything that we would ever need to pray in this prayer. If you read it carefully and think about the boundary lines that the Lord has written out for us concerning how to pray, we will never run out of words to pray until He comes again! This prayer is not a formula or something we pray in religious routine, but it directs us into the Father’s heart. Once we arrive there, there are no boundaries in our prayers and intercession. It is God praying through us, His will being done, because we know His heart.
I want to remind you of what Jesus said as you venture into prayer, maybe for the first time or you are simply returning to prayer. In Matthew 6:5-6, Jesus says when we pray, do not be like the hypocrites who love to pray and be seen by men. In verse 6, He says, ‘But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut the door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly’ There is much more Jesus says about prayer, but prayer in its simplest form is spending time with The Father through Holy Spirit. It is intimacy with God. The very heart of prayer is relationship with God! May you press on to know God, may you press on in prayer!
Prayer. It’s one of the deepest places of fellowship with God. Even Jesus’ disciples, those that were closest to Him, asked Him to teach them to pray. In Luke 11:1, it says, ‘It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” The disciples witnessed Jesus do many things and yet what they asked Him to teach them was how to pray! They didn’t ask Him to teach them how to do miracles or perform signs and wonders, they wanted to learn how to pray. This really communicates something about Jesus relationship with the Father. I want my life to communicate to others so much that it actually creates desire for deeper intimacy with God. May this be our prayer as well, “Lord, teach us to pray.”
Jesus responds to their request in Luke 11:2-4, ‘And He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your Name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.” Jesus covered everything that we would ever need to pray in this prayer. If you read it carefully and think about the boundary lines that the Lord has written out for us concerning how to pray, we will never run out of words to pray until He comes again! This prayer is not a formula or something we pray in religious routine, but it directs us into the Father’s heart. Once we arrive there, there are no boundaries in our prayers and intercession. It is God praying through us, His will being done, because we know His heart.
I want to remind you of what Jesus said as you venture into prayer, maybe for the first time or you are simply returning to prayer. In Matthew 6:5-6, Jesus says when we pray, do not be like the hypocrites who love to pray and be seen by men. In verse 6, He says, ‘But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut the door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly’ There is much more Jesus says about prayer, but prayer in its simplest form is spending time with The Father through Holy Spirit. It is intimacy with God. The very heart of prayer is relationship with God! May you press on to know God, may you press on in prayer!
Prayer. It’s one of the deepest places of fellowship with God. Even Jesus’ disciples, those that were closest to Him, asked Him to teach them to pray. In Luke 11:1, it says, ‘It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” The disciples witnessed Jesus do many things and yet what they asked Him to teach them was how to pray! They didn’t ask Him to teach them how to do miracles or perform signs and wonders, they wanted to learn how to pray. This really communicates something about Jesus relationship with the Father. I want my life to communicate to others so much that it actually creates desire for deeper intimacy with God. May this be our prayer as well, “Lord, teach us to pray.”
Jesus responds to their request in Luke 11:2-4, ‘And He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your Name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.” Jesus covered everything that we would ever need to pray in this prayer. If you read it carefully and think about the boundary lines that the Lord has written out for us concerning how to pray, we will never run out of words to pray until He comes again! This prayer is not a formula or something we pray in religious routine, but it directs us into the Father’s heart. Once we arrive there, there are no boundaries in our prayers and intercession. It is God praying through us, His will being done, because we know His heart.
I want to remind you of what Jesus said as you venture into prayer, maybe for the first time or you are simply returning to prayer. In Matthew 6:5-6, Jesus says when we pray, do not be like the hypocrites who love to pray and be seen by men. In verse 6, He says, ‘But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut the door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly’ There is much more Jesus says about prayer, but prayer in its simplest form is spending time with The Father through Holy Spirit. It is intimacy with God. The very heart of prayer is relationship with God! May you press on to know God, may you press on in prayer!
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