Teaching | Teach Us to Pray | Prayer E01 (From the Archive)
Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer
Practicing the Way
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🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
How should we pray? John Mark digs into the Lord's Prayer, and what it shows us about Jesus's posture toward prayer, challenging us to engage in prayer from a place of delight rather than rote discipline.
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 5v15-16; Luke 6v12; Luke 9v18, 28-34; Luke 11v1-4
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the John Raq-Comer Teachings podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | My name is Yinka Dawson and I'm your host. |
| 0:10.0 | Each week we feature teachings by John Mark or other voices in the formation space. |
| 0:14.0 | That's wonderful to have you with us. |
| 0:16.0 | As they enter the New Year and many of us are reflecting on our life's rhythm and goals, |
| 0:21.3 | we want to re-centre ourselves and communion with God. |
| 0:25.0 | This week, we're starting a series in prayer, featuring some previous teachings from John Mark |
| 0:29.9 | alongside several unreleased teachings from other voices of Bridgetown when John Mark first walked |
| 0:35.0 | the church through these practices. |
| 0:37.6 | John Mark begins our series by unpacking the Lord's Prayer, |
| 0:40.8 | revealing key foundational truths about God that moves us from a sense of obligation in our prayer time |
| 0:46.3 | to genuine enjoyment of the Father's company. |
| 0:50.1 | Here's John Mark. |
| 0:53.7 | Luke chapter 5. |
| 0:56.1 | Have a look at verse 15. |
| 0:58.2 | Yet the news about him spread all the more |
| 1:01.1 | so that crowds of people came to hear him |
| 1:04.0 | and to be healed of their illnesses. |
| 1:06.8 | But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. Let me read that again. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. |
| 1:11.7 | Let me read that again. |
| 1:12.6 | But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. |
| 1:18.3 | Turn the page, chapter 6, verse 12. |
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