One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” (Luke 11:1)
There are so many things we could learn from the Master. We could learn how to love, to die to oneself, to show mercy, to offer restoration, and much more from our Teacher. However when the disciples pulled up their desks, grabbed the notebooks from their backpacks, as well as some #4 pencils, they decided to enroll in Jesus’ School of Prayer 101. They did not ask how to turn water in to wine, how to do that feeding the five thousand trick, no they wanted Jesus to teach them how to pray. Are you enrolled in Jesus’ School of Prayer? And if so what are you learning? Freestyle with me…
Published by Drew G. I. Hart, PhD
Rev. Dr. Drew G. I. Hart is an associate professor of theology at Messiah University and has 10 years of pastoral experience prior to teaching. He currently directs Messiah University's "Thriving Together: Congregations for Racial Justice" program and co-hosts Inverse Podcast with Jarrod McKenna, an award-winning peace activist from Australia. Hart is the author of Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism (2016) and Who Will Be A Witness?: Igniting Activism for God's Justice, Love, and Deliverance (2020). And he is also a co-editor and contributor to the recently published book entitled Reparations and the Theological Disciplines: Prophetic Voices for Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair (Nov. 2023). Hart received bcmPEACE’s 2017 Peacemaker Award, the 2019 W.E.B. Du Bois Award in Harrisburg, PA, and most recently in December 2023 Life Esteem Ministries recognized him in Harrisburg with the Harambee Award for the Nguzo Saba Principle of Umoja—Unity for his faith-based activism and public scholarship in the community. Drew and his family live in Harrisburg, PA.
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Great article. Prayer – the foundation of our relationship with God.
Yes, it is so important for us a followers of Christ to be praying, thanks for commenting, I hope to hear from you again.