Jesus in Prayer

1. Jesus in Prayer Jesus teaches his disciples about Prayer

2. Jesus in Prayer What is Prayer? If the Bible is God’s Predominant way of talking to us Prayer is the Predominant way we talk to God

3. Jesus in Prayer Deuteronomy . 4:7 What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?

4. Jesus in Prayer James 4:8 Come near to God and he will come near to you………………

5. Jesus in Prayer A little different from our prayers

6. Jesus in Prayer • John 5:37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, (N.I.V.) And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.(K.J.V.)

7. Jesus in Prayer • Luke 3:21-22 When all the people were being baptised, Jesus was baptised too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."

8. Jesus in Prayer • John 12:27-28 "Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!" Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."

9. Jesus in Prayer Jesus Praying

10. Jesus in Prayer What was it about what Jesus was doing that captured this disciples’ interest? • Was it the length of time Jesus spent in Prayer we know that Jesus often spent all night in Prayer

11. Jesus in Prayer • Luke 6:12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.

12. Jesus in Prayer Or the time of day that Jesus would pray? Mk.1:35 writes that Jesus would pray very early in the morning Mk.6:46 writes that he prayed leading into the evening

13. Jesus in Prayer Was it the posture that Jesus took? We know from Luke 22:45 that Jesus rose from praying

14. Jesus in Prayer Luke 22 :41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,

15. Jesus in Prayer Was it that the disciples were wondering what Jesus would be doing on his own without them? For we know that Jesus would often withdraw himself from them go away on his own to pray

16. Jesus in Prayer • Luke 5:16, But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. • Luke 9:18, Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?“ • Luke 22:41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,

17. Jesus in Prayer • What do you think they wanted to be taught………? • How to talk to God • What was it about what Jesus was doing that they wanted to learn • Was there a right or wrong way to talk to God • How should they talk to God • How could their prayers be more effective • Why do you think this disciple wanted to know? • What do you think this disciple wanted to be taught?

18. Jesus in Prayer • Jesus gave them words ideas concept thoughts

19. Jesus in Prayer The Lord’s Prayer

20. Jesus in Prayer • Deuteronomy 1:31 ……..There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place."

21. Jesus in Prayer • Exodus 4:22 Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son,

22. Jesus in Prayer • Isaiah 63 :16 But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.

23. Jesus in Prayer • Isaiah 64:8 Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.

24. Jesus in Prayer Psalm 9:10 Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you

25. Jesus in Prayer Psalm 115 1-3 1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. 2 Why do the nations say, "Where is their God?" 3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.

26. Jesus in Prayer 2 Chronicles 20:6 "O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no-one can withstand you…………

27. Jesus in Prayer Isaiah 57:15 For this is what the high and lofty One says— he who lives for ever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.

28. Jesus in Prayer Psalm 19:12-13 …….Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults. 13 Keep your servant also from wilful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.

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30. Jesus in Prayer • John 6:63 The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

31. Jesus in Prayer Jesus teaches his disciples about Prayer

32. Jesus in Prayer • Summary Lessons from Lk.11:5-13 • We have a Father who delights in providing for his children’s needs. • The Lord loves His children and is more than willing to bless His children • The Lord will not give bad gifts to his children If his children ask for fish he will not give then a snake If his children ask for an egg he will not give then a scorpion If his children ask for bread he will not give them a stone

33. Jesus in Prayer • Point - if a human father though flawed and fallible can give good things to their children • The Lord God who is flawless and infallible will only give gifts to his children

34. Jesus in Prayer • Thus if you do not get what you ask for it is because it would not be a good gift from God • If you do not get what you ask we must not waver in our faith

35. Jesus in Prayer • nor give up praying as a waste of time you must persevere and continue to trust in God • The Lord’s prayer is about putting all your trust, reliance and dependence on God your past, present and future. • The Lord will give His Spirit to those who ask Him

36. Jesus in Prayer • in short God will help his people. • Persist in prayer • Have faith in a loving God • Ask and you shall receive seek and you shall find knock and the door will be opened if it is in the plan will and purpose of God

37. Jesus in Prayer It is important to align yourself to the will of God Rom.12:1-2

38. Jesus in Prayer • Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. 2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

39. Jesus in Prayer We will not get if we ask with wrong motives Jas.4:3 Ultimately Prayer is about trusting, relying and depending on God in the knowledge that through faith and belief in a loving God, God’s will will be done.

40. Jesus in Prayer • James 4:3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

41. Jesus in Prayer • God is all knowing • God is all powerful • God is all loving

42. Jesus in Prayer Jesus teaches his disciples about Prayer

43. Jesus in Prayer • Luke 3:21-22 When all the people were being baptised, Jesus was baptised too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."

44. Jesus in Prayer • Mk.1:35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

45. Jesus in Prayer • Mark 6:46 After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.

46. Jesus in Prayer • Luke 5:15-16 Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

47. Jesus in Prayer • Luke 6:12-13 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated, apostles.

48. Jesus in Prayer • Luke 9:16 • Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

49. Jesus in Prayer • Luke 9:18 • Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?"

50. Jesus in Prayer • Luke 10:21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.