The Only Way To Pray

November 1, 2026

According to TIME Magazine, there are more than 64 million Google results for the question “What should I do?” We have entered what the article called a new golden age of advice, with apps, videos, and hotlines promising someone to talk to any time you need one. But there is one source of advice that is not just good, but perfect, and that is prayer. After three years with Jesus, watching Him work miracles and hearing Him teach, the disciples never once asked Him to teach them to preach or to walk on water. They only requested one thing, “Lord, teach us to pray.” John gives us that same lesson here: “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us” (1 John 5:14, ESV). As you study three reasons God’s will is the key to prayer, you will find the way to pray.