quotes from Chapter 5 God the Son and Prayer by James R. Wicker
"Arguably, Jesus did not need to pray because He is God; yet, He incarnated here to live as the perfect man (albeit the God-man). Jesus played by the rules and restrictions of being human while still being divine; He did not cheat. He did no self-serving miracles; He took no spiritual or physical shortcuts.""Jesus said that He did nothing unless He saw the Father do it - which would include doing miracles, and prayer was the most likely way for Jesus to 'see.'""Following Jesus' example, we should exercise much intercessory prayer, and we ought to ask for God's power to be demonstrated in our lives for the benefit of others.""Jesus had the right attitude in prayer, which included: obedience, persistence, expectancy, respect, honor, love, thankfulness, and praise.""...all of His prayers were need driven and purposeful rather than generalized or full of meaningless repetition (which He criticized, Mt. 6:7)""Jesus told us to be disciplers (Mt. 20:19). How does your prayer life compare with Jesus' as an example for other Christians?"
