I think it’s well accepted that Jesus was the greatest teacher ever within the Christian faith and often times without the Christian faith. He definitely was and is the greatest teacher that ever walked this Earth. He taught so much that John wrote, “And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written…” Jesus did and said so much that we have everything that pertains to life and godliness through Him. No matter how true that is there is still probably a bigger portion of Jesus’ life that we often overlook. This matter is prayer.


I want you to notice His immediate followers didn’t ask Him to teach them how to teach. They didn’t say, “Jesus I want to be a preacher like you” or “please teach me how to be a great expositor of God’s Word.” They ask Him to teach them how to pray! The One that spent many nights in prayer as His disciples slept. (Matt. 26) They knew He was a great teacher but they also knew that He prayed like none other and they wanted to learn that! The scriptures say, “be not many masters” (James 3:1) which means teachers. I have yet to find the verse that says “be not many prayers.” The scriptures never warn about praying too much! On the contrary it tells us to pray without ceasing! (1 Thes. 5:17) We should, even as teachers, spend more time in prayer than teaching.

Our greatest example of a teacher was a man of prayer. Are we known as that? Do those we know consider us a person of prayer? Is our church known as a house of prayer? If not, we have some work to do brethren. Let’s wake up and follow after our Great Teacher who was also a Great Praying Man! 

Verses to consider: Mat 14:23; Mat 26:36; Mar 1:35; Mar 6:46; Luk 5:16; Luk 6:12; Luk 9:28; Joh 12:27; Heb 5:7