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In Luke 11 we find Jesus’ followers intrigued by Jesus’ prayer life: 1Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”(Lk. 11:1 ESV).
Joachim Jeremias (“The Prayers of Jesus”) writes that in the Judaism of Jesus’ time it was common for individual religious groups to have their own customs and practices regarding prayer (63). We know that the Pharisees and the Essenes had prayer practices unique to their groups. It appears from the text above that John’s disciples did as well. Thus, here, the disciples ask Jesus to give them their unique prayer. They want a prayer that will set them apart from the other religious groups. They literally want a “Jesus-Prayer.”
But what was the “Jesus-Prayer”? What prayer would distinguish Christ-ians from all others? What would it mean to pray in a distinctly Christ-like way?
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For about ten years, my family has gathered at the same house with (mostly) the same couples for New Year’s Eve. We eat finger-foods, play… Read More »Learning to Pray His Way: #1