Jesus Prays for Himself
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The Real Lord’s Prayer
The Real Lord’s Prayer
1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.
2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.
3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
John 17:1-
Jesus is praying that his death and resurrection will bring glory to
the Heavenly Father.
He prays that he will get back his heavenly glory. His glory is seen in the
humiliation of the cross. His willingness to give his life.
He prayers that in his suffering and death that his love, obedience
and sacrifice will be completely revealed to lost humanity.
Always remember that Jesus Christ gave his life willing for our sins. No one
took his life away from him Jesus gave his life.
JESUS PRAYS ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
Luke 22:39-
39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.
40 On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”
41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”
What is the answer to not falling into temptation pray. That is what
Jesus Christ did.
Early in the morning, before first light, in a solitary place Jesus goes to pray.
Mark 1:
35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
36 Simon and his companions went to look for him,
37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”
38 Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”
Prayer kept his mission before him, so I can preach, that is why I have come.
Jesus prays about his choices for disciples
Luke 6:12-
12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
13 When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles:
14 Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
15 Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot,
16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
For Jesus prayer was not an after though. It was his life.
Some have said that Jesus would hid himself in prayer and then show
himself in power as the result of prayer.
Old Testament characters went to the back side of the desert. Jesus went to
the wilderness.
Case in point.
Mark 6:45-
45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
46 After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.
47 Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land.
48 He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them,
49 but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,
50 because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
51 Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed,
52 for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.
15 Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Luke 5:15
A prayer meeting, Jesus and his disciples. The prayer time becomes a
teachable moment.
18 Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”
19 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”
20 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”
Luke 9:18-
Inside look at a pray meeting with Jesus...
Are you spiritual eyes and ears open what are people saying.
What are your thoughts what do you know.
See these times of Jesus praying for himself does it say anything
about our prayer life. Should we pray for ourselves?
Should we like Christ hid ourselves and show ourselves.
Seasons of prayer.
Seasons of fasting
Jesus prays at his baptism...
21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened
22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
Luke 3:
Setting the example for public prayer
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
John 11:41-43
A teachable moment.
JESUS PRAYS IN TIMES OF CRISES
15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.
John
JESUS PRAYS AT HIS TRANSFIGURATION
29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.
Luke 9:
JESUS’S FAREWELL PRAYER
we Jesus praying for himself, pray for his disciples and praying for
all believers for all time.
JESUS PRAYING ON THE CROSS, FOR HIS ENEMIES
Luke 23:
34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
Does your prayer life look like the prayer live of Jesus Christ???
The prayers of Jesus left no ground unturned, Jesus prayed for everyone.
Friends, family, leaders, and enemies
Jesus prayed for himself, he prayed for others, he prayed in public.
His life’s work was bathed in prayer …
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