Welcome friends to the line of fire. Michael Brown here. Delighted to be with you.

Class is now in session. We are in the School of Prayer, and we are here to infuse you with faith

and truth and courage to help you stand strong on the front lines. If you haven't been watching

on YouTube, we are audio only today. These are being

recorded outside of our studio. I've been away in San Diego at a special conference, so these

are being recorded out of our studio for those listening on podcast and on radio, the same voice,

same sound as always. Every gospel has a different picture, portrait of Jesus.

There's a lot of overlap, especially between Matthew, Mark, and Luke. But even Matthew Mark and

Luke, each have a different emphasis. Each paint a different picture of Jesus, Yeshua,

in his multifaceted beauty and glory. And they give us different glimpses, John.

They give us different glimpses into who Jesus is.

There is no one simple way to describe the Word made flesh, the Son of God,

the Savior of the world, the Messiah, the Lord of all.

We get different glimpses through the different Gospels into who Jesus is.

And Luke's gospel gives us more instances of Jesus praying than any of the other gospels.

We know, for example, that in Matthew and Mark, Jesus is praying and getting up early and praying or praying at

night and different times he's praying but Luke gives us an interesting picture and right out of the

gate in Luke the first chapter the angel Gabriel when he comes to Zechariah so Zechariah is serving as a

priest in the temple he and his wife are old unable to have children Gabriel comes to Zechariah is serving as a priest in the temple. He and his wife are old, unable to have children.

Gabriel comes to Zechariah and says,

your prayer has been answered.

Right there in the beginning of Luke,

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