Jesus prayed a lot in Luke. He was teaching people to pray during that part of his ministry. He prayed for a lot of different things. He was lonely, for friends and mean people, to his Father, etc. He went to a place where He was alone to pray. He didn't want to show off. Here are 7 of His prayers from Luke:
-"Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed" (Luke 5:15–16).
-"One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor."- (Luke 6:12–16).
-"Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them" (Hebrews 7:25).
-"Eight days later He took Peter, James and John and went up on the mountain to pray (9:28) and while praying He was transfigured (9:29).
-" One day Jesus was praying(C) in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord,(D) teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
“‘Father,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom(E) come.
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.(F)
And lead us not into temptation."-Luke 11
-"Jesus prayed for Simon that his faith might not fail" (22:32).
- Only Luke tells us that Jesus prayed for His crucifiers (23:34) and committed His spirit into the hands of Father (23:46).
"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34).
We need to learn to pray like Jesus! We need to pray for what Jesus prays for. We need to make it as important as Jesus did!
