Jesus Teach Me to Pray

We must develop the confidence that even if we simply say, “God help me,” He hears and will answer. We can depend on God to he faithful to do what we have asked Him to do as long as our request is in accordance with His will. We should know that He wants to help us because He is our Helper (Hebrews 13:6).

Simple, believing prayer comes straight out of the our hearts and goes straight to
the heart of God.
To our Heavenly Father we pray in the name of Jesus

Jesus not only loves to teach us - corporately - how to pray, He also loves to work with us as individuals. He wants to take us just the way we are and help each of us discover our own rhythm of prayer and develop a style of prayer that maximizes our personal relationship with Him.
He wants prayer to be an easy, natural, life-giving way of communicating with Him as
we share our hearts with Him and allow Him to share His heart with us.

Prayer is so simple; it is nothing more than talking to God. It also includes listening to what He has to say. God speaks to us in many ways.
And when you pray. do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) as the Gentiles (non Jews) do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking. [I Kings 18:25-29.]

Matthew 6:7
For prayer to be sincere, it must come from a humble heart

Build your faith on the fact that humble, believing prayer is powerful. Believe that you can pray anywhere, anytime, about anything. Believe that your prayers don't have to be perfect or eloquent or long. Keep them simple and full of faith.

We receive the grace of God by humbling ourselves before Him, casting all our cares upon Him, and trusting Him to take care of them as He has promised in His Word.

1 Peter 5-6 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
To Know God as our loving Father depends on knowing Jesus as Lord and Saviour.

Developing your friendship with God is similar to developing a friendship with someone on earth. It takes time. The truth is that you can be as close to God as you want to be; it all depends on the time you are willing to invest in the relationship.

We get to know Him by spending time in prayer and in the Word. Your friendship with God will also deepen and grow as you walk with Him over time on a regular basis and as you experience His faithfulness. The difference between developing a relationship with God as a friend and building relationships with people is that with God, you end up with a friend who is perfect! One who will never leave you nor forsake you. One who is faithful, dependable, loving, and forgiving.

Hebrews 10-19 we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. 20 By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. 21 And since we have a great High Priest (Jesus) who rules over God’s house, 22 let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him.

Proverbs 3:6 to acknowledge God in all of our ways and that He will direct our steps. To acknowledge means to care about what someone thinks. We should care about what God thinks of our plans, just as we would care about what a close friend thinks. We should discuss everything with Him in a conversational manner, just as we would with a spouse or close friend.