When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that 
      Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed the heaven opened.



Phil. 1:19  For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance 
	through your prayer and the supply (anointing) of the Spirit
	of Jesus Christ. Jesus knew He was entering into His public
	ministry; thus He sought the Power that would enable Him to 
	do his Father's will!  After His 40 day fast and conquering
	and defeating Satan in his attempt to conquering and defeating
	Jesus observe Jesus.



Luke 4:14  Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee
	and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region.



Question: Would Jesus had been clothed with the power of the Holy
    Spirit if He had not prayed while being baptized?  Would He have 
    defeated Satan during His 40 days of testing against the forces of
    the devil if He had not first prayed.  Lastly, would He have been 
    able to go to Galilee in the witness of holy power if He had not
    first prayed.



    Church, we need to learn this spiritual truth!  There is no power  
    to do the work of God without much prayer!  Without prayer we don't 
    learn; we become simply lean!



2.  Jesus prayed Before Daylight!  (Mark 1:36)  Now in the morning,
    having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed 
    to a solitary place; and there He prayed.


    Jesus was not lazy; and He watched the stewardship of His time.
    Before facing the responsibilities of the Father's work, He sought
    the strength and power, and the Holy Spirit for the day.


Question: What do we cast our eyes and mind on the first thing of
    each new day?  Jesus began the day with a conversation with His Father!

3.  Jesus also prayed Often!  (Luke 5:16) So He Himself often withdrew 
    into the wilderness and prayed.


    As important as it was to heal, preach, and declare His identity, 
    Jesus made time for Prayer! He knew that prayer was what enabled
    Him to posses the power to do the work of His Father, not simply 
    the work itself.  



4.  Jesus never became so Busy in the work that He was Robbed of His 
    Prayer time.  (Matt. 14:23) And when He had sent the multitudes away,
    He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray.  Now when evening came,
    He was alone there.



5.  (Matthew 14:23; Mark 6:46) alert us to the fact that Jesus also
    prayed Evenings.  The church needs a spiritual awakening as to its 
    source of spiritual power.  And the work of the Lord is spiritual 
    and comes to us from the Holy Spirit who is our source of power 
    through Prayer!


6.  Jesus did not Rush His Prayer Time with His Father.  (Luke 11:1) Now 
    it came to pass as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased 
    (key word), that one of His disciples said to Him, 'teach us to pray
    as John also taught his disciples.'


7.  Jesus prayed when faced with Major Decisions.  (Luke 6:12) Now it
    came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, 
    and continued all night in prayer to God.



8.  Jesus Encouraged His apostles to continue in prayer.  (Luke 18:1)
    then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and
    not lose heart.



9.  Jesus is now entering into the prayer of Intercession for us. 
    (Heb. 7:25) therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those 
    who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make 
    intercession for them.