"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." (Luke 11:1)Why would anyone say: "Lord, teach us to pray"? Aren’t prayers easy to say? You recite them in...

Prayer, for Jesus, wasn’t a few memorized words that He said before he went to bed. No. For Jesus, prayer was a necessity. It was an attitude. It was the very air he breathed. One day, a boy stood watching a holy man praying on the banks of a river in India. When the...

Prayer was never an act of self-discipline or duty for Jesus. Nobody had to force Him to prayer, and because He saw prayer as a necessity, it came perfectly natural for Him. The following texts give a few examples of how natural it was for Jesus to give thanks through...

"I can do it by myself! I don’t need any help!" How often have we said this? But as a result of this self-sufficient attitude, we only pray when we are faced with a big challenge, or when we are undergoing a major catastrophe. But are these "real" prayers? Remember...

If prayer is necessary and natural, and if prayer gives us victory over self-sufficiency, then why do we struggle? Why are we always "busy" when a prayer meeting is coming up? Why do we reserve prayer for the occasional emergency, and for the few, quick words before...