Pray Like Jesus

Pray like Jesus did. Fervently, passionately, effectively, and frequently. If it was deemed essential to Jesus, how much more so for us? 

June's Message, Day 27:

During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Hebrews 5:7 NIV

Read that again. Jesus, the Son of God, perfect and without sin, setting His divinity aside and acting as man, offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to God the Father, on a daily basis and most notably on the night in which He was betrayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus, the God-Man, set Himself aside and deferred in reverent submission to God the Father in all things to bring about our salvation and God's plan and perfect will. Jesus often, probably daily or even multiple times a day, went off alone to pray and did everything according to the Father's will. The point should be clear. If Jesus felt it was essential to commune with God the Father that frequently, that fervently, and that passionately, on a daily basis, how much more so do you think our prayer and communication with Him is essential? Jesus is our life example in all things, and He has given us these word pictures to guide and direct our lives. Pray often, pray fervently, pray passionately. Take time to talk and listen to God.