Times Jesus Prayed
Can you imagine? Jesus (God-the Son) prayed. Although he had a direct connection to his Father God, he found it necessary to pray.
In perusing this month’s Revive magazine, I saw a list of Jesus’ prayer times from the gospels of Matthew and Luke. I would like to take a few weeks and explore each of those events.
Luke 5:15-16
In this story, Jesus touched a man with leprosy and healed him. Jesus instructed him not to tell anyone except the priests what had happened, but instead show his healing by his obedient life. But the poor fellow couldn’t contain himself. He told folks.
“Soon a large crowd of people had gathered to listen and be healed of their ailments. As often as possible Jesus withdrew to out-of-the-way places for prayer.” (The Message)
So life got busy for Jesus. He was experiencing a fruitful ministry- good preaching, productive healing, large crowds.
How did Jesus handle success?
He withdrew as often as possible to solitary places and simply prayed.
He was our example of the necessity of Prayer Retreats. Hey, if it was good enough for Christ, it should be good enough for us…
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