Young Adults' Group

“Men Always Ought To Pray”

by Pastor Mark
October 30, 2025

Greater insights into the practice of prayer

We have been focusing on the theme “Men always ought to pray” over the last two months. Our study of the prayer lives of the Lord Jesus and His disciples has been most enriching and uplifting. We have gained greater insight, enlightenment and depth about the practice of prayer. The following are some key lessons that have encouraged my heart.

1. Driven to prayer

“Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.” (Mark 1:12)

a. A vital lesson is to know how the Spirit of God is very much involved in our prayer life.

b. The Holy Spirit filled the Lord Jesus and drove Him into the wilderness to pray.

c. The Lord would often be driven to pray early in the morning (Mark 1:35).

d. The example of the Lord Jesus should inspire us to pray.

e. The challenge is for us to be driven to prayer so much more by the leading of the Holy Spirit.

2. Dynamic access/relationship

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” (Romans 5:1–2)

a. I appreciate this dynamic access that we have with God by faith.

b. The Lord Jesus displayed what this dynamic access with His Father was meant to be.

c. He had a dynamic relationship with His Father, interacting with Him over all things… “Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.”” (John 5:19)

d. The Lord Jesus consistently had deep and close communion with His Father.

e. He recognised that He could not do anything on His own, but was dependent on His Father.

f. His Father would reveal to the Lord Jesus what He does and the Lord Jesus would do likewise.

g. Let us be challenged to develop a dynamic relationship with God and seek His leading.

3. Crisis praying

a. It was moving to learn about crisis praying from the experience of the Lord Jesus (Matthew 26).

b. He learnt in prayer from being candid to being in conflict, to concur and to calmness.

c. No matter how great the pain and struggle were, the Lord Jesus was able to concur with His Father’s will finally and found a sense of calmness in facing His suffering and death.

d. Let us be challenged to learn to pray as the Lord Jesus did when we are faced with a crisis.

4. Perception from the Scriptures

The Lord’s disciples struggled to learn how to pray as they failed Him again and again. However, when the Holy Spirit came upon them (Acts 2), they were enabled to face their challenges through prayer. When the Sanhedrin Council persecuted Peter and John, the Jerusalem church responded by praying (Acts 4:8–30). The apostles prayed with greater perspective and perception from the Scriptures. They drew deeper insights from Psalm 2 concerning the Lord Jesus and prayed with those words in mind. The Scriptures inspired their faith to pray for boldness to bear witness of the Lord Jesus without fear. As a result, the Apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit and preached boldly. Let us be challenged to deepen our prayer lives as we learn to commune with our heavenly Father and seek His leading.

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