In the days of Jesus, most ordinary people were discouraged from praying.

So Jesus kind of came into this whole system, and he said, look, it's a lot simpler than you think.

It's not as complex as you think.

You don't have to have a PhD or a PhD or whatever in theology in order to pray.

Moms can pray and kids can pray and teens can pray and brand new believers can pray.

It's just the language you talk with your heavenly father.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016.

Do you ever feel like your prayers are inadequate?

Today, Nancy will explain why prayer is less about eloquence and more about the heart.

Yesterday, she began a major study of the Lord's Prayer, part of a year-long emphasis on prayer leading up to cry out, the National Prayer Simulcast for Women coming September 23rd.

Let's listen to Day 2 of the Lord's Prayer. A few months ago, I started hearing about a pastor's wife who lives, oh, about an hour

and a quarter from my home, just up in Holland, Michigan.

And I heard that this woman had a real heart for prayer.

And she had written a book on prayer and had a real ministry of teaching others to pray.

And as I shared in the last session,

God's been putting in my heart a desire to learn to pray and to grow in the area of prayer.

I'd never met this woman. I didn't know her, but I had my office call her and ask if I could meet

with her. And I drove up to Holland, Michigan one day and met her for lunch and just said to her,

I want to learn how to pray.

And I hear that you love to pray and that God's taught you some things in this area.

Can you teach me some things?

What are some of the things that God has taught you about prayer?

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