John 18:2. For Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
If ever any man might have lived without prayer, it was our Lord Jesus Christ. His humanity was perfect, yet he abounded in prayer; and the nearer we grow to Christian perfection the more shall we pray. I heard of one who said that she was so perfectly acquiescent in the will of God that she had left off praying, she had got beyond that! What a fearful delusion! God save all of us from ever falling into it! Here is One who could say from his heart, "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." He expressed in prayer his perfect acquiescence in his Father’s will, Did Christ, our Lord and Master pray so, and will any who profess to be his followers speak so presumptuously as to say that they can live without prayer? God forbid!
John 18:2. For Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
If ever any man might have lived without prayer, it was our Lord Jesus Christ. His humanity was perfect, yet he abounded in prayer; and the nearer we grow to Christian perfection the more shall we pray. I heard of one who said that she was so perfectly acquiescent in the will of God that she had left off praying, she had got beyond that! What a fearful delusion! God save all of us from ever falling into it! Here is One who could say from his heart, "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." He expressed in prayer his perfect acquiescence in his Father’s will, Did Christ, our Lord and Master pray so, and will any who profess to be his followers speak so presumptuously as to say that they can live without prayer? God forbid!