Spiritual Disciplines #3; Prayer

prayer is one of the two core disciplines
"Prayer is the breath of a Christian"
"Just as it is the buisness of a tailor to make clothes, so is it the buisness of a Christian to pray."

Matthew 6:5-7- "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words."

Luke 5:16- "but he [Jesus] would withdraw to desolate places and pray."

Collosians 4:2- "Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving."

Hebrews 4:16- "let us then with CONFIDENCE draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need."

Prayer is learned.
1. Pray!
2. meditate
3. pray with others

RICHARD BAXTER: "thus in our meditations to intermix soliloquy and prayer sometimes to speak to our own hearts and to God,"