Teach Us to PRAY

Luke 11:1

¹ One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him,

“Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

Pray - a simple four letter word, but have the power to move the hand of the most powerful, majestic God who created the heavens and the earth. Prayer is asking God for guidance and waiting for his direction and leading. This is a challenge for all of us to learn to pause for a while and take an opportunity to recapture the moment of His presence when we pray.  Someone has said, "Prayer is a dialogue between two people who love each other -- God and man." Simply put, prayer is communicating with God. Every Christian has a direct line of communication with God, available at all times.

Matt Slick

“Prayer is the practice of the presence of God.  It is the place where pride is abandoned, hope is lifted, and supplication is made.  Prayer is the place of admitting our need, of adopting humility, and claiming dependence upon God. Prayer is the needful practice of the Christian.”

                                                 

THE BASICS OF PRAYER

1.       Prayer can be caught

Luke 11:1

¹ One day Jesus was praying in a certain place.

When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray,

A casual study of the Bible, we know that our Lord Jesus and His disciples are genuine Jews. And the Jews are accustomed to pray or do an Amidah (silent prayer) three times a day. This is the natural life of a typical Jew, but our Lord’s disciple saw something different the way Jesus prayed that they desire to know more about it.   Is there anyone in your life group who ask you to teach him/her how to pray?

2.       Prayer can be taught

“…just as John taught his disciples”

The Bible did not give us  any information about how John taught his disciples to pray, only that he did teach them to pray. But whatever ways John did it, we know that it is  a shift from the routine prayers of the temple and an invitation to the kingdom as it come.  But please note, you can teach the principle about prayer, but you cannot teach passion on prayer unless they saw it from you. How do you inspire others to pray?

Personal and Life Group Dsicussion and Application

Use this note for your Life Group

• Maybe you are accustomed to a certain type of prayer that it is so difficult for you to learn new ways, what is it?
•  Do you want to level up in your life and experience what God has in store for you? How will you do it?