How Can I Learn to Pray
When Jesus’ disciples asked of Him, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1) they were making a request that should find resonance with our own hearts. It has been said that, if the scriptures are the spiritual nourishment our hearts crave, then prayer is the very breath we breathe. Clearly, that makes praying a pretty significant part of walking with God—so here do we start?
Writer and scholar C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) said, “The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is – what it was intended to do and how it is to be used.” This applies to prayer as well. What is it for? Why does it matter? Where does it come from? These are ideas we want to explore together as we consider how to allow our good Lord to teach us to pray.
