How to Pray
The Luke 11:9 series: How to pray Previous Next When faced with unsurmountable problems and a sense of utter helplessness, the natural human tendency is to pray to God for help overcoming a financial, health, or emotional crisis or something similar. Praying is a way of presenting our troubles to God with openness and vulnerability, seeking resolution. After all, Jesus himself said, “ Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. ” [ Matthew 11:28-30 ] A yoke is a wooden beam used between a pair of oxen to enable them to work synchronously in pairs, pulling together and sharing the workload that would be impossible to do on one's own. So when we yoke our problems with Christ, our problems no longer seem overwhelming. Jesus, when asked by his Apostles how to pra...