Jesus Teaches Prayer Episodes

We are beginning the main text from the Sermon on the Mount the Lord's Prayer. For the next several weeks, we will be looking at prayer's framework and the standards of prayer. I in no way desire these standards to discourage...

What has often labeled "The Lord's Prayer" is not a mantra repeated out of rote, but a pattern for the prayers of the saints. Matthew 6:9-13 "Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. 10 'T...

We learn clearly from Luke 18:1ff, Jesus encourages us to come to Him with importunity. The word in Greek though means asking so often it becomes shameful. I take two meanings from our initial study of Luke 18 here, We are no...

Dear Christian: To use a word common today, the content of all Jesus’ teaching is to our hearts. We can keep all the rules for the wrong reasons. We may keep them strictly from fear, keep them strictly from pride, keep them t...

Ecclesiastes 5:2 2 Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few. This verse is a little humorous t...

Baby French (my grandson), Dean Martin, Jonathan Edwards, Mathew Henry, and John Piper each, in turn, help us learn what Jesus is genuinely driving at when He talks of “meaningless repetition” in prayer. Matthew 6:7-8 7 “And ...

He knows what we need. Matthew 6:7-9 7 “And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. 8 “Therefore do not be like them; for you...

Matthew 6:6 “But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will repay you. Our inner room should be surrounding us ...

5 “And when you pray, you are not to be as the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners, in order to be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. Praying i...

Jesus Teaches Prayer 3 - Not as Hypocrites a Matthew 6:5-6 5 “And when you pray, you are not to be as the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners, in order to be seen by men. Tr...

Twenty years ago, I chose to stop praying at all for one man. Today, being instructed by the very first words Jesus taught on prayer, I repented. I am praying again for mercy for him Octavius Winslow says it in a way I never ...

At least for this simple one, the exhortations of Jesus to a consistent prayer life, are even more stirring than His teaching. Through the admonitions of Jesus, prayer assures us, the astounding promises of God are yes and am...

Jesus not only modeled prayer, but He also taught prayer. He taught, formally and informally, the necessity and importance of prayer. Therefore our call to prayer is not just a feeling, a hopeful desire, or just gleaned from ...

Jesus was the quintessential teacher. Like your favorite teacher, Jesus modeled prayer every day in front of His disciples. He taught prayer and how to pray, and He also exhorted His disciples to pray. Pray Pray Pray, prayer ...

Some looking to diminish the impact of the Gospel of God, reinterpret what they read in the Bible to make it "palatable." A few have even gone so far as to assume Jesus did not mean everything He said, and in fact, they belie...