With Christ in the School of Prayer L3

With Christ in the School of Prayer L3

After Jesus had called His disciples, He gave them their first public teaching in the Sermon on the Mount.

He there preached on the Kingdom of God, it’s laws and it’s life. In that Kingdom, God is not only King, but Father.

The revelation of prayer and prayer life was part of His teaching concerning the Kingdom He came to setup.

Moses gave neither command nor regulation with regard to prayer

The Prophets say little directly of the duty of prayer.

It is Christ who teaches to pray!

The first thing the Lord teaches His disciples is that they must enter a secret place of prayer.

Jesus’ Schoolroom.

Matthew 6:6 (NKJV)

6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

A teacher is always anxious about his schoolroom.

Three times He uses the name of “Father”.

“Pray to your Father”

“your father will reward you”

“Your father knoweth what things you have need of”

With Christ in the School of Prayer; Thoughts on Our Training for the Ministry of Intercession Third Lesson: “Pray to Thy Father, Which Is in Secret;” or, Alone with God

The first thing in closet-prayer is: I must meet my Father. The light that shines in the closet must be the light of the Father’s countenance. The fresh air from heaven with which Jesus would have it filled, the atmosphere in which I am to breathe and pray, is: God’s Father-love, God’s infinite Fatherliness.

With Christ in the School of Prayer; Thoughts on Our Training for the Ministry of Intercession Third Lesson: “Pray to Thy Father, Which Is in Secret;” or, Alone with God

First, “Pray to thy Father which is in secret.” God is a God who hides Himself to the carnal eye.

With Christ in the School of Prayer; Thoughts on Our Training for the Ministry of Intercession Third Lesson: “Pray to Thy Father, Which Is in Secret;” or, Alone with God

remember that it is in the inner chamber, where we are alone with the Father, that we shall learn to pray aright. The Father is in secret; in these words Jesus teaches us where He is waiting us, where He is always to be found.

With Christ in the School of Prayer; Thoughts on Our Training for the Ministry of Intercession Third Lesson: “Pray to Thy Father, Which Is in Secret;” or, Alone with God

“And thy Father which seeth in secret, will recompense thee.”

With Christ in the School of Prayer; Thoughts on Our Training for the Ministry of Intercession Third Lesson: “Pray to Thy Father, Which Is in Secret;” or, Alone with God

Here Jesus assures us that secret prayer cannot be fruitless; its blessing will show itself in our life.

With Christ in the School of Prayer; Thoughts on Our Training for the Ministry of Intercession Third Lesson: “Pray to Thy Father, Which Is in Secret;” or, Alone with God

“He that cometh to God must believe that He is a rewarder of them that seek Him.” Not on the strong or the fervent feeling with which I pray does the blessing of the closet depend, but upon the love and the power of the Father to whom I there entrust my needs.

With Christ in the School of Prayer; Thoughts on Our Training for the Ministry of Intercession Third Lesson: “Pray to Thy Father, Which Is in Secret;” or, Alone with God

third word: “Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask Him.”

With Christ in the School of Prayer; Thoughts on Our Training for the Ministry of Intercession Third Lesson: “Pray to Thy Father, Which Is in Secret;” or, Alone with God

we do not need, as the heathen, with the multitude and urgency of our words, to compel an unwilling God to listen to us.

With Christ in the School of Prayer; Thoughts on Our Training for the Ministry of Intercession Third Lesson: “Pray to Thy Father, Which Is in Secret;” or, Alone with God

take these lessons, practice them, and trust Him to perfect you in them. Dwell much in the inner chamber, with the door shut—shut in from men, shut up with God:

Matthew 6:6 NKJV

6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.