Prayer

1 Thessalonians 5:18 – …give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Jesus prayed thankful prayers Perhaps the most common prayer Jesus prayed was a prayer of thanks. If you are interested in learning how to pray like Jesus, I can think of no better prayer … Read more

Luke 6:12 – In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. John 12:27 – “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.” Luke 23:46 – Then … Read more

Jesus prayed God’s Word  Here is one stunning example from Mark 15:34: “And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’” This lament is a direct quote from Psalm 22:1 and means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus in this instance is making the written revelation of … Read more

Mark 6:46 – And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray. Luke 5:15-16 – But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray. Mark 15:34 – And … Read more

Luke 3:21 – Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened… John 11:41-42 – So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, … Read more

Matthew 14:19 – Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. Mark 14:23 – And he took … Read more

Deuteronomy 6:4 – “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.” Mark 12:29-30 – Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’” … Read more

John 17:20-26 – “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that … Read more