Mark 1:35-39

1. We see an example of our Lord Jesus Christ's habits about private prayer.
2. We see a remarkable saying of our Lord as to the purpose for which He came into the world.
3. We ought to observe what infinite honor the Lord Jesus puts on the office of the preacher.

"A praying Master, like Jesus, can have no prayerless servants. The Spirit of adoption will always make a man call upon God. To be prayerless is to be Christless, Godless, and in the high road to destruction."

"The faithful preacher of the Gospel is handling the very weapon which the Son of God was not ashamed to employ. This is the work of which Christ has said, "That is why I have come."

Questions:

1. Do we pray? What does our prayer lives say about our dependence on the Lord? Do we depend on Christ much or little? Is our strength great or small? Our faith? May this question not finally lead to shame, but a renewed strength to cry out to God!

2. Do we view preaching as important as Jesus did, who came out for this very reason?