Carefully read this Text of Scripture:

“And it came to pass, that, AS HE WAS PRAYING IN A CERTAIN PLACE, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.” Luke 11:1-4

The point I need to make is this … JESUS HIMSELF WAS PRAYING when asked by one of His Disciples, “Lord, teach us to pray!”

Which our Lord immediately did, giving one of the greatest Lessons on Prayer ever uttered.

THE BIBLE JUST INDIRECTLY TAUGHT US THAT THE WAY TO LEARN SOMETHING IS TO OBSERVE ANOTHER PERSON DOING THAT THING. AN EXPERT IN THE AREA OF INTEREST!

JESUS, THE PRAYER WARRIOR, IS THUS THE BEST INSTRUCTOR IN THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER!

Now, that’s the approach we’re going to take in these Lessons on prayer.

We are going to be taught HOW to pray by the great men and women of the Bible … people who practiced, successfully I might add, prayer principles!

So tomorrow, the Lord willing, we shall study Abraham at prayer!

Then Moses!

Then Joshua!

Then others, including Elijah and Hezekiah and Jeremiah and Daniel and Nehemiah!

And we will end the series, for sure, back on Jesus as a Man of Prayer!

If we can learn bad habits from wicked men (and we certainly can according to Proverbs 22:24-25) … we can also learn good habits (prayer habits) from godly men!

Let’s take this exciting journey together!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell