Prayer Meeting Notes 1999
Theme:
“Teach Us To Pray”
1 March 1999
Text: Luke
22:39-46
A Tremendous Example Of In-Depth
Praying
“As He Was Accustomed” Luke 22:39
1.
Learning to pray takes practice
2.
Prayers take time
3.
Setting aside a time and place for prayer a part of effective praying
4.
Cf. Luke 4:1-12; 4:42; 5:16; 22:32
Personal Practice Of Prayer
1.
Personal, solitary prayer pattern “And
He was withdrawn from
them about a stone’s throw...”
Luke 22:41
2.
Kneeling... “And prayed, saying...” Luke 22:41
3.
Verbalisation... “And prayed, saying...” Luke 22:41-42
Encouragement To Learn How To Pray
1.
Further response to the disciples’ request to learn how to pray
Luke 11:1.
2.
One of the many purposes of prayer... “that
you may not enter into temptation” Luke
22:40.
3.
Special encouragement to pray - the ministry of angels
Luke 22:43 “Then an angel appeared to
Him from heaven, strengthening Him.”
4.
No condemnation... even if the disciples were found to be too tired
to pray.
Struggles In Prayer
1.
“Natural” (human) struggles
- The choice between life and death; peace and pain; joy and sorrow.
2.
“Spiritual” (supernatural) struggles
- In the invisible, but very real spiritual world.
Victory In Prayer
1.
Earnestness in prayer
“And He prayed more earnestly...” Luke 22:44
2.
Total focus/concentration
“And His sweat became like great drops
of blood falling down
to the ground” Luke
22:44
3.
Yielding to the will of God
“Not my will, but Yours be done” Luke 22:42
A Quick Check On What The Lord Jesus
Taught And Practised
1.
“Our Father in Heaven...” Luke 11:2
// “Father, if...” Luke 22:42
2.
“Your will be done...” Luke 11:2
// “Not my will, but Yours, be done” Luke 22:42
3.
“Watch... and pray...” Luke 21:36
// “As He was accustomed to... He
knelt... prayed” Luke 22:39, 41