The Lesson Jesus Taught His Disciples

 In Luke 1:1  One of the disciples ask Jesus to teach them how to pray. So Jesus took them to school. He taught them how to praise before anything else. He taught them how to pray about the will of God in their lives. He taught them about the forgiveness of their sins. He taught them about getting bread every day.

Every blessing in life in the Christian life depends one way or another on our ability to pray.

So let’s enroll in the school of prayer with Jesus as our teacher.

“A young boy asked his parents for a baby brother, and seeing a perfect opportunity to teach their son a valuable lesson on prayer, the parents said, “Alex, if you pray each morning and evening for one month, you will get a baby brother.”

Alex was all in for a couple weeks. He didn’t miss a prayer time. Each morning and evening he prayed for a baby brother. About the third week, Alex was tired of praying and stopped, but he didn’t say anything to his parents.

The month ended, and Alex’s mom left for a few days. When she came home, she called Alex into her bedroom. Alex entered the room to see his mom sitting on the bed holding her newborn sons. The couple had twins.

“Look at your baby brothers,” mom said. “Aren’t you glad you prayed for one month?”

Alex thought for a moment and responded, “Aren’t you glad I stopped after only two weeks?”

Though 55% of respondents say they pray daily, a study revealed that prayer is on a downward trend, especially among younger generations. Prayer, as we know, is powerful and effective, yet it does not seem like Christians are taking full advantage of the opportunity to approach the Lord in prayer. What stops us from praying?