Teach Us To Pray - October 18th, 2026

For many Christians, prayer is little more than a list of requests read aloud before bed. For most, the presence of God sounds more like an idea than an actual experience. Jesus feels more like a character in a history book, than a personal friend and saviour. And the Holy Spirit seems more like a theological concept than the tangible presence of God living within us. 

When the disciples asked, “Teach us to Pray?” Jesus responded by inviting them into prayer, immediately. The gospels show how Jesus pursued a relationship with the Heavenly Father through prayer in solitude and prayer in community. Many of us pray, but many of us do not pray in the ways Jesus modelled for His followers. Prayer is so much more than simply presenting our hopes and desires to God, it is about cultivating a deep relationship with the Triune God that will sustain our entire lives. To grow in relationship with the Lord, we must start by asking Jesus to “Teach us to Pray.”