September 15: Begin With Prayer
1. Jesus Began With Prayer
Luke 3:21
when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying…
Luke 15:15-16
15 But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. 16 But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.
Luke 9:16
And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
Luke 22:32
but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.
Luke 22:41
And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed,
Luke 6:12-16
12 In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: 14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 15 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
2. Beginning With Prayer is Crucial
- In prayer, we open ourselves to God and the leading of his Spirit.
- In prayer, we focus our minds to recognize his promptings.
- In prayer, we receive the direction we need to discover the people and the places God is calling us to BLESS.
“Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.”
–Hudson Taylor
YOU'RE NOT ALONE!
Matthew 28:19-20
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
