Why does prayer seem so difficult sometimes? Why doesn’t God answer everyone's prayers? Does God answer any prayers? Does God even hear my prayers? Does prayer change anything? Often, people express these questions and many more when it comes to prayer. Take a moment to think about who taught you about prayer.

Maybe, you learned from a parent or grandparent. Maybe, you learned in church from a teacher or pastor.

Maybe, a friend shared with you. Perhaps, you taught yourself by studying books and listening to other people pray.

Maybe, no one taught you to pray and figuring it out on your own does not seem as easy as you thought it would be. Like other Jews in their day, the Disciples learned about prayer from hearing their parents, attending classes at local synagogues and going to meetings at synagogues on Sabbath days.

Jews learned through their holy writings found in the Law, the Prophets and the Oral Law. Jewish rabbis created the Oral Law over time.

Praying was a normal part of life and culture for Jewish people in Jesus' day as they repeated many formulaic prayers and offered unscripted prayers. In this sequel to his previous book, “Salvation through Believing; Blessed through Obedience,” Jimmy Kitchens offers readers a study on prayer following the same timeline the Disciples lived as they learned about prayer from their Rabbi, Jesus Christ.

Today, Jesus should be our starting place to learn about prayer. In the Gospels, Jesus provides over 30 teachings and examples of prayer.

In this study, you will explore all of Jesus’ instructions on prayer and the prayers He said out loud. You will learn from Jesus’ examples.

Also, you will take an in-depth look at The Lord’s Prayer as compared to other prayers Jesus prayed. Prepare yourself for a new life as you practice praying the Jesus way.

As with prayer, people express many questions about miracles, ranging from wondering if miracles actually happened in the past to if any miracles can happen today. Jews in Jesus day knew about miracles happening in their history.

While the miracles found in the Old Testament get a lot of attention today, miracles rarely happened over long periods of time, often with hundreds of years passing between individual recorded miracles. The prophet Elijah, a well-known miracle worker, did just 8 miracles over his entire ministry.

Elijah's disciple, Elisha, performed 15 miracles during his entire time as a prophet, with an additional miracle happening after his death. By comparison, the Gospels record over 32 specific miracles by Jesus happening in a very short time span with many other miracles mentioned.

Over the centuries, people showed many different reactions and questions to miracles Jesus provided, just like they did while Jesus worked in Israel. After increasing your understanding of prayer, you will study all of the specific miracles of Jesus, as well as the miracles performed by disciples.

In this workbook, you will explore all of the situations Jesus and people around Him were in when miracles happened. You will consider who received miracles and the reactions of various people observing miracles.

After a thorough study, you consider some questions to align your expectations for miracles with what you learned from Jesus and the lives of His followers. Just as He did almost 2,000 years ago, Jesus still transforms lives today! When you live in obedience to Christ's teachings, pray the way Jesus prayed and understand miracles better, you experience life in ways you never thought possible.

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