Short articles of the, "Yes Jesus" Book on prayer. # 44

 

Jesus said, “This, then, is how you should pray:

“Our Father who art in Heaven”

 

Jesus taught his disciples to pray not as individuals, not “My Father who art in Heaven,” but as a group: “Our Father who art in Heaven.” Jesus requires his disciples to come together in small groups of two or three or more in agreement according to His will and ask whatever they want and it is given to them. If it does not happen in a small group, it will not happen in a large group.

 

Certainly, Our Lord knows our needs long before we are aware of them ourselves, just as a mother does not wait until her children are starving to start cooking. Why do we need to ask Him then, as if He did not know? 

 

God’s aim in prayer is not just to give us what we ask, but to promote the communion of a small band of brothers, united on the basis of their need. He requires them to renounce their wills and to adopt God’s will in a simple childlike manner. 

 

The result will be more trust, more faith, and more love for God and for one another. Answered prayer produces more communion with one another and with God, who is in the midst of their prayer time, listening and gladly answering their requests. So, whatever they receive is a consequence of their small obedience to God’s conditions on prayer.

 

This then is how you should pray, “Our Father who art in Heaven.” # 44

 

This is the teaching elder on duty in matters of Prayer.

 

Gerry Gutierrez.