Sun, Sept 6, ‘26 - AM Services

“Listening to Jesus Pray” - Dr. Doug Melton

Luke 11:1

“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He departed and went out to a desolate place, and there He prayed.“

Mark 1:35

1. Let’s start where the first disciples started — “Lord, teach us to pray.”

2. Recognize the distraction from and the desperate need for prayer.

  “Don’t worry about anything but in everything by prayer . . . “

  Philippians 4:6a

  “Among the enemies to devotion none is so harmful as distractions. Whatever excites the curiosity, scatters the thoughts, disquiets the heart, absorbs the interests or shifts our life focus from the kingdom of God within us to the world around us — that is a distraction; and the world is full of them.“

  A.W. Tozer

  “Satan does not care how many people read about prayer if only he can keep them from praying.“

  Paul E. Billheimer

  Overcoming Hindrances to Prayer

3. Jesus prayed in a way that was an example to others.

  He prayed in a certain place. 

  “And He came out and went, as was His custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him. And when He came to the place, He said to them, ‘Pray that you may not enter into temptation.’ “

  Luke 22:39–40

  “But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father, who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.“

  Matthew 6:6

  He prayed without ceasing.

  “I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping.“

  C. S. Lewis

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