Mark 1:35 (ESV) – 35 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he (Jesus) departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
“Thus at the very beginning of His public ministry, the Servant of God prayed. Surely we, His servants, know that we should follow His example! Surely we know the importance of prayer in our ministry for Him! And yet how slow we are to pray! The reason there is so little burden for souls, so little conviction of sin, so little response to appeals made for workers in the Lord’s harvest field – the reason for our indifference to the things of Christ is our lack of prayer, persistent, persevering, intercessory prayer! We sing about prayer; we preach about prayer; we talk about prayer; but do we pray? Like the disciples of old, let us follow Christ’s example, saying, ‘Lord, teach us to pray!” (Louis Talbot, “Why Four Gospels?”, page 140.)
