7. _The greatest blessings of His life came during prayer_: Six incidents are noted: while praying, the Holy Spirit came upon Him; He was transfigured; three times a heavenly voice of approval came; and in His hour of sorest distress in the garden a heavenly messenger came to strengthen Him. (See mentions 1, 7, 11 and 14.) How much prayer meant to Jesus! It was not only His _regular habit_, but His resort in _every emergency_, however slight or serious. When perplexed He _prayed_. When hard pressed by work He _prayed_. When hungry for fellowship He found it in _prayer_. He chose His associates and received His messages _upon His knees_. If tempted, He _prayed_. If criticised, He _prayed_. If fatigued in body or wearied in spirit, He had recourse to His one unfailing habit of _prayer. Prayer_ brought Him _unmeasured power_ at the beginning, and _kept_ the flow unbroken and undiminished. There was no emergency, no difficulty, no necessity, no temptation that would not yield to prayer, as He practiced it. Shall not we, who have been tracing these steps in His prayer life, go back over them again and again until we breathe in His very spirit of prayer? And shall we not, too, ask Him daily to teach us how to pray, and then plan to get alone with Him regularly that He may have opportunity to teach us, and we the opportunity to practice His teaching? Footnotes [1] John 15:16. [2] "Demon Possession," by J. L. Nevius. [3] Psalm 24:1. [4] Psalm 29:10. [5] Genesis 1:26, 28. Psalms 8:6. See quotations of this, referring to the Man who will restore original conditions, in 1 Cor. 15:27. Ephesians 1:32, Hebrews 2:8. Psalms 115:16. [6] John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11. [7] Revelation 11:15. [8] John 14:30. [9] Jeremiah 33:3. [10] Psalm 50:15. [11] Matthew 7:7. [12] Isaiah 1:15. [13] Isaiah 59:1-3. [14] Psalm 66:18. [15] James 4:2, 3. [16] Matthew 5:23, 24. [17] Matthew 6:9-15. [18] Matthew 18:19-35. [19] Acts 16:6. [20] Acts 16:7. [21] John 7:8. [22] Acts 22:17-21. [23] 2 Cor. 5:21. [24] Sidney Lanier. [25] Ephesians 2:2. [26] Luke 11:5-13. [27] Luke 18:1-8. [28] 1 Peter 5:8. [29] Matthew 17:14-20; Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43. [30] Matthew 16:24. [31] Psalm 37:7. [32] Isaiah 50:4. [33] Jeremiah 15:1. [34] Longfellow. [35] 2 Samuel 23:9, 10. [36] Joseph Cook. [37] John 7:17. [38] Frances Ridley Havergal. [39] Romans 8:26-28. [40] Psalm 25:9. [41] 1 John 5:14, 15. [42] 2 Timothy 2:24-26. [43] Isaiah 50:4, Revised. [44] Does not this very strong language suggest that possibly the disciples had been conferred with by the revolutionary leaders? [45] 2 Cor. 3:18. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Quiet Talks on Prayer by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon