Praying Ourselves Into God
PRAYING OURSELVES
INTO GOD
In Luke 11:1-13 we have the Man-Savior's teaching on prayer. If we read this section care fully again and again, we shall see that prayer means that we pray ourselves into God. When some hear this, they may say, "We cannot find such a point in the pattern of prayer set up by the Lord Jesus in His teaching. How can you say that to pray is to pray ourselves into God?" Apparently, this matter is not found in 11:1-13. Actually, in these verses we see that to pray is to pray ourselves into God.
Luke 11:1 says, "And it came about that when He was praying in a certain place, as He ceased, a certain one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples." We do not know what the Lord was praying for. When the disciples saw Him praying, they wanted Him to teach them to pray. Then the Lord went on to say, "When you pray, say, Father, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come. Give us each day our bread for the day; and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also