Monday

Related Verses
John 10:30
30 I and the Father are one.

John 8:29
29 And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.

John 14:30
30 I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and in Me he has nothing;

Luke 19:46
46 Saying to them, It is written, “And My house shall be a house of prayer,” but you have made it a den of robbers.

Luke 11:1
1 And while He was in a certain place praying, when He ceased, a certain one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.

Luke 22:32
32 But I have made petition concerning you that your faith would not fail; and you, once you have turned again, establish your brothers.

Luke 22:40
40 And when He came to the place, He said to them, Pray that you do not enter into temptation.

Luke 5:16
16 But He Himself often withdrew in the wilderness and prayed.

Luke 6:12
12 And in these days He went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

Psa. 109:4
4 In return for my love they have become my adversaries, But I am all prayer.

Related Reading
The Lord lived as a man of prayer. He did not live as a common man praying common prayers to God, as a pious man, a so-called godly man, praying to God in a religious way, or as a God-seeking man praying to God for the divine attainments and obtainments…Instead, He was a man in the flesh praying to the mysterious God in the divine, mystical realm. The Gospels tell us that He often went to the mountain or withdrew to a private place to pray (Matt. 14:23; Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16…). (CWWL, 1994–1997, vol. 3, “The God-man Living,” p. 529) 

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In describing the first God-man as a man of prayer, I have avoided using the word spiritual. Instead, I have used the words divine and mystical. Divine is on God’s side. Mystical is on man’s side. On the one hand, Jesus was a man in the flesh, yet He prayed to the mysterious God in the divine and mystical way and realm. 

He was a man of prayer, a man who is one with God (John 10:30). We may be a Christ-seeker, desperately praying to gain Christ, yet we may not be one with God. He was also a man living in the presence of God without ceasing (Acts 10:38c; John 8:29; 16:32). He said that He was never alone, but the Father was with Him. Every moment He saw His Father’s face. We may seek Christ, yet not live in the presence of God so closely and continuously without ceasing. Also, He trusted in God and not in Himself, under any kind of suffering and persecution. First Peter 2:23b says that in the midst of His suffering He did not speak threatening words but kept committing all to Him who judges righteously. Luke 23:46 says that at the time He was dying on the cross, He prayed, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” In our daily life, do we trust in God when trouble comes? 

In the Lord Jesus, Satan as the ruler of the world had no ground, no chance, no hope, no possibility in anything [John 14:30]. If we are enlightened, we will admit that Satan has too many things in us…But here was a man of prayer who said that Satan, the ruler of the world, had nothing in Him. This is a particular sentence in the whole Bible. Thus, Christ was a man of prayer, a man who was one with God, lived in the presence of God continuously, trusted in God in His suffering and persecution, and in whom Satan had nothing. 

All of the Lord’s prayers were divine facts. We need to ask if our prayers are divine facts. A wife may ask the Lord to take care of her family because her husband has lost his job. Such a prayer is not divine. Instead, she may pray, “Lord, as a housewife, I praise You and thank You that we are in Your hands. We trust in You in this circumstance.” This is divine prayer. If we pray, “Lord, today there is a need for people to go to Moscow,” this is not divine prayer. Instead, we should pray, “Lord, thank You that You are now spreading Your recovery to Russia. Lord, this is Your move.” This is divine prayer. 

Based upon this light we should consider our prayers. We pray many human and fleshly prayers, not divine prayers. No prayer is as high as the Lord’s prayer in John 17. He prayed, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son that the Son may glorify You” (v. 1). Christ’s prayer was divine. When He was dying on the cross, He prayed, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34). He prayed to the Father for the forgiveness of His crucifiers. That was divine and mystical. (CWWL, 1994–1997, vol. 3, “The God-man Living,” pp. 529-531) 

Further Reading: CWWL, 1994–1997, vol. 3, “The God-man Living,” ch. 10