I’ve chosen to focus this lesson on the idea of Praying as Learners.

From the cradle to the grave Jesus’ life was bathed in prayer. In fact, even before His birth we find both Zechariah and Jesus’ mother Mary offering praise to God, see Luke 1. The baby Jesus, brought into the Temple to be circumcised, was the object of thanksgiving to God as the deeply committed Simeon and Anna recognized Jesus as the long-awaited deliver of Israel, see Luke 2.

And at the other end of Jesus’ life, Jesus’ final words, uttered as He hung dying on the cross, are ...