How Jesus Taught Prayer

Notice that not once did Jesus makes His disciples pray. He just kept praying until at last they could not contain their hunger no longer and asked Him to teach them how to pray. The question came from the twelve, indicating that they were now ready to listen and to hear. Jesus must have jumped at this opportunity of holding before them His model of prayer. It is interesting to note that He gave them a formula, neat and tidy. It was almost as if he was getting them into practice so that later on their own prayer life could develop. It is also interesting to note that in this first prayer taught by Jesus there is no sentimentality, piousness or rhetoric. It is simple, direct and filled with nobility an sureness. It contains simple praise and intercession.

Pat Lynch

Awakening the Giant