Lord, teach us how to pray

Luke 11:1 says, “And it came about that when He was praying in a certain place, as He ceased, a certain one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples. ” We do not know what the Lord was praying for. When the disciples saw Him praying, they wanted Him to teach them to pray. Then the Lord went on to say, “When you pray, say, Father, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come. Give us each day our bread for the day; and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us into trial” (vv. 2-4). I have spent much time considering this brief word. My conclusion is that if we would pray this way again and again, the result will be that we shall pray ourselves into God. In other words, the issue of this prayer is that we find ourselves in God.

If we pray according to the Lord’s teaching in these verses, we shall be persons in God. I encourage you to pray, “Father, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come. ” If you pray this a number of times, you will find that you are in God. This is both my understanding and my experience. From experience I can testify that to pray according to the Lord’s instruction is to pray ourselves into God.

Once we have prayed ourselves into God, what shall we do now that we are in God? We shall simply receive Him with His riches into us. As fallen human beings, we were altogether outside of God and had nothing to do with His riches. Hence, we could not enjoy the riches of God. We need to pray ourselves into God and then, as those in Him, receive Him and His riches.

Life-study of Luke

Message 27 The Ministry of the Man-savior in His Human Virtues with His Divine Attributes from Galilee to Jerusalem

(LSM)

PRAYING OURSELVES INTO GOD

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In 11:1-13 we have the Man-Savior’s teaching on prayer. If we read this section carefully again and again, we shall see that prayer means that we pray ourselves into God. When some hear this, they may say, “We cannot find such a point in the pattern of prayer set up by the Lord Jesus in His teaching. How can you say that to pray is to pray ourselves into God? ” Apparently, this matter is not found in 11:1-13 . Actually, in these verses we see that to pray is to pray ourselves into God.

Luke 11:1 says, “And it came about that when He was praying in a certain place, as He ceased, a certain one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples. ” We do not know what the Lord was praying for. When the disciples saw Him praying, they wanted Him to teach them to pray. Then the Lord went on to say, “When you pray, say, Father, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come. Give us each day our bread for the day; and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us into trial” (vv. 2-4). I have spent much time considering this brief word. My conclusion is that if we would pray this way again and again, the result will be that we shall pray ourselves into God. In other words, the issue of this prayer is that we find ourselves in God.

Life-study of Luke

Message 27 The Ministry of the Man-savior in His Human Virtues with His Divine Attributes from Galilee to Jerusalem

(LSM)

1. “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1).

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We must ask the Lord to teach us to pray because none of us can pray. When we come to the Lord, we should not pray according to our own determination or idea or according to our own heart or tendency. We should place ourselves before the Lord and quietly wait for the Lord through His Spirit to teach us how to pray. While we wait, the Spirit will lead us and give us an inward sense about how we should pray and the content of our prayer. We should then pray according to this inward sense. When our inward sense is according to the Spirit’s leading, our prayer will be according to the Lord’s teaching and leading.

Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures,
Chapter 32 Prayer
CWWL, 1932–1949, (LSM)

Yes Lord!
There’s nothing that Your life can’t do.
You can renew every part of our being.
We’ll make it, we will make it just by You.
Lord Jesus, grow in us.
Amen Lord!

Yes, Lord, impress our heart
That we must take You in each day;
The seed will have its way;
Your growing brings the kingdom here to stay—
Lord Jesus, grow in us. Amen Lord!

Lord, make us pure in heart;
For we’ll be not content until
You all our being fill,
O Lord, renew our mind, emotion, will—
Lord Jesus, grow in us.

Poor in spirit
Pure in heart
Lord Jesus, grow in us.

Oh Lord, teach me how to pray each day!!!!

May the kingdom of God grow in us until there’s a full manifestation of the kingdom of God in us and through us! Amen, Lord, may Your kingdom come! Lord Jesus grow we love you ❤️

What a timely word. We can be pure, holy, perfect, and God's expression and enlargement only by His life. There's nothing that His life can't do. But He must have a way. He has a start but we must turn, call, pray, and let His light shine on us. We amen the growth of life in us. We'll make it just by Him. Lord Jesus, grow in us!