Luke 11 - Introduction

Learning To Pray Like Jesus Luke Eleven

The disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray. Jesus could teach others to pray because He was a praying man. These who were requesting Jesus to teach them to pray were people who were following the Lord. "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil." (1 Peter 3:12) These who asked Jesus to teach them to pray were interested in God and His kingdom. Prayer is a communication process that allows us to talk to God! Prayer involves commitment and a desire of the heart. The persistent prayer of the righteous will not be in vain. "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."

Luke 11 emphasizes Jesus' power over demons and it also emphasizes the authority of His word. Jesus bound the strong man; He spoiled his goods; and this proved that the kingdom of God has come. If God's light is in the soul, it would be full of it and no part dark. Jesus could than say, "Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." The Lord's words stirred up the malice of the Pharisees, who sought to entangle Him in His talk. Our desire should be to pray as the Lord desires and to daily live by His word.