Lord, Teach Us to Pray
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THE disciples had been with Christ, and seen Him pray. They had learnt
to understand something of the connection between His wondrous life in public,
and His secret life of prayer. They had learnt to believe in Him as a Master in
the art of prayer—none could pray like Him. And so they came to Him with the
request, ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’ And in after years they would have told us
that there were few things more wonderful or blessed that He taught them than
His lessons on prayer.
And now still it
comes to pass, as He is praying in a, certain place, that disciples who see Him
thus engaged feel the need of repeating the same request, ‘Lord, teach us to
pray.’ As we grow in the Christian life, the thought and the faith of the
Beloved Master in His never-failing intercession becomes evermore precious, and
the hope of being Like Christ in His
intercession gains an attractiveness before unknown. And as me see Him pray,
and remember that there is none who can pray like Him, and none who can teach
like Him, we feel the petition of the disciples, ‘Lord, teach us to pray,’ is
just what we need. And as we think how all He is and has, how He Himself is our
very own, how He is Himself our life, we feel assured that we have but to ask,
and He will be delighted to take us up into closer fellowship with Himself, and
teach us to pray even as He prays.
Andrew Murray
ANDREW MURRAY (1828-1917) was a church leader, evangelist, and missionary statesman. As a young man, Murray wanted to be a minister, but it was a career choice rather than an act of faith. Not until he had finished his general studies and begun his theological training in the Netherlands, did he experience a conversion of heart. Sixty years of ministry in the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, more than 200 books and tracts on Christian spirituality and ministry, extensive social work, and the founding of educational institutions were some of the outward signs of the inward grace that Murray experienced by continually casting himself on Christ. A few of his books include The True Vine, Absolute Surrender, The School of Obedience, Waiting on God, and The Prayer Life.
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Lord, Teach Us to Pray - Andrew Murray
LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY
or
The Only Teacher
THE disciples had been with Christ, and seen Him pray. They had learnt to understand something of the connection between His wondrous life in public, and His secret life of prayer. They had learnt to believe in Him as a Master in the art of prayer—none could pray like Him. And so they came to Him with the request, ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’ And in after years they would have told us that there were few things more wonderful or blessed that He taught them than His lessons on prayer.
And now still it comes to pass, as He is praying in a, certain place, that disciples who see Him thus engaged feel the need of repeating the same request, ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’ As we grow in the Christian life, the thought and the faith of the Beloved Master in His never-failing intercession becomes evermore precious, and the hope of being Like Christ in His intercession gains an attractiveness before unknown. And as me see Him pray, and remember that there is none who can pray like Him, and none who can teach like Him, we feel the petition of the disciples, ‘Lord, teach us to pray,’ is just what we need. And as we think how all He is and has, how He Himself is our very own, how He is Himself our life, we feel assured that we have but to ask, and He will be delighted to take us up into closer fellowship with Himself, and teach us to pray even as He prays.
Come, my brothers! Shall we not go to the Blessed Master and ask Him to enrol our names too anew in that school which He always keeps open for those who long to continue their studies in the Divine art of prayer and intercession? Yes, let us this very day say to the Master, as they did of old, ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’ As we meditate we shall find each word of the petition we bring to be full of meaning.
‘Lord, teach us to pray.’ Yes, to pray. This is what we need to be taught. Though in its beginnings prayer is so simple that the feeble child can pray, yet it is at the same time the highest and holiest work to which man can rise. It is fellowship with the Unseen and Most Holy One. The powers of the eternal world have been placed at its disposal. It is the very essence of true religion, the channel of all blessings, the secret of power and life. Not only for ourselves, but for others, for the Church, for the world, it is to prayer that God has given the right to take hold of Him and His strength. It is on prayer that the promises wait for their fulfilment, the kingdom for its coming, the glory of God for its full revelation. And for this blessed work, how slothful and unfit we are. It is only the Spirit of God can enable us to do it aright. How speedily we are deceived into a resting