Jesus was a Man of prayer<\/a> and often prayed all night and did so in privacy, usually going up a mountain and in privacy. \u00a0Instead of my telling you how Jesus prayed, why not let the Scriptures themselves reveal how Jesus prayed because I am human and am highly prone and subject to error.\u00a0 If it\u2019s in the Bible, we know its right; therefore here are some Scriptures about how Jesus prayed with commentary about how we can apply this to our own prayer life.<\/p>\n Matthew 26:39 \u201cAnd going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, \u201cMy Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Here is the Lord God, Who is both Man and God, yet \u201che fell on his face and prayed\u201d before the Father in a great sign of humility and reverent submission.\u00a0 I believe that is the best of all possible positions to pray because it is a form of reverence, respect, honor, and fear in falling before our God in prayer. \u00a0If Jesus did so, how much more do we need to do the same?<\/p>\n Matthew 26:42 \u201cMy Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n When we pray we must pray according to the will of God and that is what Jesus taught the disciples how to pray when they asked Him how they were to pray, saying \u201cYour kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven\u201d (Matt 6:10).\u00a0 Is God\u2019s will being done in heaven?\u00a0 No doubt it is, because can you imagine if God wills something in heaven and it is not immediately done?\u00a0 Of course not.\u00a0 That is why we should pray for His will to be done \u201con earth as it is [already being being] done in heaven.\u201d\u00a0 Jesus prayed for God\u2019s will, even if it meant drinking the cup with which Jesus drank for our sake.<\/p>\n Matthew 6:9 \u201cOur Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n When Jesus prayed, \u201challowed be your name\u201d He was essentially saying \u201cLet your name be kept holy, let your name be treated with reverence\u201d because His name is holy and that is why God takes it so seriously when His righteous name is blasphemed.<\/p>\n Mark 1:35 \u201cAnd rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Jesus\u2019 custom was to rise early, while it was still dark, and then go to a solitary place that was both isolated and private (Luke 5:16).\u00a0 We ought to pray in a similar fashion and go into our \u201cprayer closet\u201d or any other place where we can find privacy because it\u2019s harder to pray to impress people if it is just us and God.<\/p>\n Mark 1:35a \u201cAnd rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I realize that I am referencing the same verse but I didn\u2019t want to miss out on the fact that Jesus\u2019 custom was to rise early and it was so early that it was still dark.\u00a0 This too would ensure that it was private but I want to point out the fact that Jesus started His day off with prayer and so should we.\u00a0 I can remember the days that I skipped my morning prayers and lived to regret it.<\/p>\n John 17:9, 11b \u201cI am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Jesus was consistently praying for His disciples and so we should be praying for others too.\u00a0 That means we should pray for the other members of the Body of Christ, the church and praying for the lost that they might be saved.\u00a0 I try to make it my pattern to pray for God\u2019s glory first, for others next and then me last.\u00a0 God loves the humility of those who put others first above their own interests or needs.<\/p>\n Matthew 5:44-45 \u201cI say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,\u00a0so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This might be the hardest thing to pray for that there is.\u00a0 Jesus commands us in the Beatitudes to pray for our enemies and for those who persecute us \u201cso that [or in order that we] may be sons of [our] Father.\u201d\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because God \u201cmakes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust\u201d and remember that we too were once His enemies (Rom 5:10).<\/p>\n Jesus tells us that we should pray in privacy, that we should pray first thing in the morning, that we should pray for God\u2019s will above our own, that we should pray in a position of humility, that we should pray for others first, and that we should pray even for those who hate us because we were all once God-haters before we repented, confessed our sins, and put our trust in the Savior.\u00a0 My prayer as I am writing this is that you will know Jesus Christ and that you might be saved.<\/p>\n Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know<\/a>\u00a0whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer\u2019s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus<\/a> or check out his book\u00a0 Blind Chance or Intelligent Design available on Amazon<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How did Jesus pray?\u00a0 What was His customary style when He did pray?\u00a0 What can we learn from Jesus\u2019 example of praying? A Man of Prayer Jesus was a Man of prayer and often prayed all night and did so in privacy, usually going up a mountain and in privacy. \u00a0Instead of my telling you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1485,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[62,60,87],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayers","tag-jesus","tag-prayer","tag-praying"],"yoast_head":"\nJesus Prayed on the Ground<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Jesus Prayed for God\u2019s Will<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Jesus Hallowed God\u2019s Name<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Jesus Prayed in Privacy and Solitary Places<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Jesus Prayed First Thing in the Morning<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Jesus Prayed for Others<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Jesus Says Pray for our Enemies<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Another Reading on Patheos to Check Out: What Did Jesus Really Look Like: A Look at the Bible Facts<\/a><\/h4>\n
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