{"id":40568,"date":"2026-06-05T22:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=40568"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:32:24","slug":"26-0606-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-0606-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus\u2019 Example of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Max Lucado<\/p>\n

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We can\u2019t even get the cable company to answer us, yet God will? \u00a0The doctor\u2019s too busy, but God isn\u2019t? \u00a0We have our doubts about prayer!<\/p>\n

Jesus raised people from the dead. \u00a0But a \u201cHow to Vacate the Cemetery\u201d seminar? His followers never called for one. But they did want Him to do this\u2013 \u201cLord, teach us to pray.\u201d Might their interest have something to do with the jaw-dropping promise Jesus attached to prayer? \u201cAsk and it will be given to you.\u201d When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray He gave them a prayer.<\/p>\n

Could you use the same?\u00a0 Father, You are good.\u00a0 I need help. Heal me and forgive me. They need help. Thank You. In Jesus\u2019 name, amen.<\/p>\n

Before amen\u2014comes the power of a simple prayer. Punctuate your day with it!<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0Read more\u00a0Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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We can\u2019t even get the cable company to answer us, yet God will? The doctor\u2019s too busy, but God isn\u2019t? We have our doubts about prayer!<\/p>\n

Jesus raised people from the dead. But a \u201cHow to Vacate the Cemetery\u201d seminar? His followers never called for one. But they did want Him to do this\u2013 \u201cLord, teach us to pray.\u201d Might their interest have something to do with the jaw-dropping promise Jesus attached to prayer? \u201cAsk and it will be given to you.\u201d When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray He gave them a prayer.<\/p>\n

Could you use the same? Father, You are good. I need help. Heal me and forgive me. They need help. Thank You. In Jesus\u2019 name, amen.<\/p>\n

Before amen\u2014comes the power of a simple prayer. Punctuate your day with it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40568"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40571,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40568\/revisions\/40571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}