![]() May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one’” ( Matthew 6:9-13). And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Whether we are up at dawn before the sun in a still house to pray and seek God, or worshiping Him quietly in our hearts as we cut across the water at sunset, our relationship with our heavenly Father is developed just as richly in the quiet as in the hallmark, highlight reel.Ĭhrist Jesus not only taught His disciples to pray by example, but gave them a model of prayer to root those quiet moments in: The intimate connection through prayer and worship to our Father is incredibly powerful. Jesus knew, in order to execute His Father’s will on earth, He would need to be fueled by the power of prayer. “Very early in the morning, while it was dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed” ( Mark 1:35). ![]() ![]() Jesus set the tone of how we are to seek our Father. In the middle of chaos, quiet moments of prayer are incredibly powerful. It isn’t just in the still peaceful morning prayer. Those are a handful in a sea full of prayers to the Lord. Hannah prayed, “There is no Rock like our God” ( 1 Samuel 2:1-10). Solomon prayed for wisdom ( 1 Kings 3:7-9). David prayed in the cave hiding from a crazed King Saul. Jonah cried out to the Lord from inside the belly of a fish! ( Jonah 2:1-9). Scattered along the pages of Scripture, quiet instances of prayer preface big miracle moments.
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