(Clip) Lord, Teach Us to Pray — Leonard Ravenhill

The Disciples Asked Jesus to Teach Them to Pray

All earthly things with us will fade away. The prayer grasps eternity. The prayer grasps Eternity. It always startles me that the disciples Never said to Jesus Lord teach us to preach. They never said Lord teach us to do miracles.

They didn't say Lord teach us to pray. Prayer Montgomery said is that is the simplest form of speech that infant lips can try and prayer is a sublime as strains that reach The majesty on how I will exhaust your vocabulary.

Prayer Reveals Spiritual Temperature

I Do not believe that any man or woman is greater than their prayer life. You judge your spiritual temper. I'll tell you how to judge your temperature spiritually. How much do you love to pray? Prayer is not a position.

Prayer as a Continual Disposition

It's a disposition. That's why the Apostle Paul says that it is possible to get to that place right where you pray without ceasing. Where every moment of your life you're in an attitude of relationship to a not for something you want.

Desperate Prayer and God's Intervention

But that's somehow God might come. America tonight is not in the White House. Forget it. The answer to America is in God's house, but I'm convinced of this. God does not hear prayer. He hears desperate prayer.

Living With Eternity's Values in View

All we have to do is live with eternity's values in view. All we have to do is to know what God the Holy Ghost says by his spirit in our hearts. You can impress other people who can't impress God. You need to impress yourself here somebody.

John Knox's Prayer for National Revival

You remember John Knox praise one day when he gets to the end of the line. He says listen, I don't want to live if God doesn't breathe on my nation. I don't want to live give me stuff on that I die. If there's any prayer that needs to be prayed in the Church of God today as far as I'm concerned it is Lord teaches to Pray.

Prayer is almost not quite but almost the greatest human privilege that we have. You don't change overnight. We approximate to it. We we get our muscles stronger and stronger in the place of prayer you get to the place where you'd rather sweat.

The weakness presence that laughing anybody else's presence you rather God whisper a secret into your heart that breaks you. Somebody give you the prizes that all the world Covets, I don't think I ever go to a prayer meeting or what I pray one simple prayer amongst others.

The Lifelong Cry to Be Taught to Pray

And that is Lord teaches to pray.