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“Lord, teach us to pray.” Luke 11: 1
The disciples didn’t ask the Lord to teach them how to preach, or even lead. The Bible records one request, “Lord, teach us to pray.” They must have felt there was something powerful about the way Jesus prayed to the Father; and they wanted that special connection.
It’s true that we feel we don’t pray as we should. There is guilt because we’ve neglected to go before the Throne of grace – and sometimes we may feel inadequate in our very speech. We may feel we lack the vocabulary to articulate the things on our hearts to the Lord. That is when we should do as the disciples did – simply ask Jesus to help us. Let their simple request become our modus operandi: “Lord, teach us to pray.”
Remember, the first objective of prayer is praying about what to pray about. And it’s about getting into God’s presence to receive His agenda for us, not the other way around. There’s a story Batterson tells in this final chapter about a grandfather who walked by his granddaughter’s bedroom one night and overheard her praying the alphabet, literally. “Dear God, a, b, c, d, e, f, g…z”. When he asked her why she prayed that way, she said, “I didn’t know what to say so I figured I’d let God put the letters together however He saw fit.”
Finally, if we get stuck, don’t know where to start, let’s go back to the Bible. When we start reading, God will start speaking. We’ll find that words, phrases and promises will jump off the pages and into our spirits. Circle them in prayer. The anointing and favor of God isn’t limited to preachers. It is for everyone. And prayer is the key to all of our endeavors, businesses, practices, plans and dreams.
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