One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, 'Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.' They notice that Jesus prays with a particular quality, and they want to learn.
Prayer isn't assumed. It's taught. The disciples watch Jesus pray and realize they want what he has. They ask to be taught. Jesus responds with the Lord's Prayer. I love that detail—they learned by watching him pray first. I've realized in my own spiritual journey that I learned to pray from people who prayed, not from people who explained prayer. There's something about the practice itself that teaches.
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