Pattern of Seven: The Flow Toward “Pray Without Ceasing”
The type of prayer that Jesus engaged in Himself and taught His disciples has not changed in its reach to us. Before He began to lay out the flow toward “pray without ceasing”, He prefaced His teaching with two rules in the natural that hold spiritual implications. Matthew 6:5-6 and 6:7-8: “When you pray, do not be like those who only pretend to be holy. They love to stand and pray in the ... continue reading...
Pattern of Seven: The Petitions of His Heart
There is so much in Scripture about prayer that only the Word 1 could contain all the knowledge, wisdom, and understanding concerning it. Blessedly for us, one who lived and walked with Jesus in His days of humanity asked that He would teach not only him, but his fellow gathered ones, how to pray. He specified in his request just like John (the Baptist) taught his disciples to pray. We were ... continue reading...
