There is nothing we can do effectively without prayer

**   There is nothing we can do effectively without prayer


Luke 11:1 - "And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples'."


When you consider that Jesus was the greatest miracle worker who ever walked the earth and the greatest preacher who ever lived, it is amazing that His disciples asked Him to teach them to pray. Why didn't they ask Him to teach them how to work these miracles or how to preach and amaze the people with their doctrine?


It's because Jesus' prayer life was even more powerful than His miracles or His doctrine. Indeed, it was His union with the Father that gave Him His power to work miracles and His authority to speak as no man had ever spoken before. Jesus said repeatedly that it was His Father who was doing the miracles through Him and that His doctrine was not His own but the Father's.


The same holds true today. Jesus said in John 15:5 that without Him, we can do nothing.

**  Jesus the True Vine

…4  Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
5 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.


 There are many things that we should do in addition to prayer, but there is nothing that we can effectively do without prayer.

 Prayer is one of the main ways of abiding in Him

 (John 15:7).
  7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
  8 This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.…

Therefore, our request should be like these disciples " Lord, teach us to pray."

We should come expecting to receive answers to prayer.

The Father is ready and willing to answer our prayers. Just ask and you shall receive.
 
  
**   There is nothing we can do effectively without prayer