In Matthew chapter 6, we find possibly the most quoted prayer in the entire Bible. But if you look back just a few verses, Jesus makes a statement more than once, that we often overlook.

 “And when you pray… (in verses 5, 6 and 7)

The assumption here is that we are praying. If that is the case, why do so many believers struggle in their prayer life?

Our speaker for this year’s Women’s Weekend, Cheryl Moses, can remember being asked to pray in public and feeling so intimidated because she felt like she did not pray as well as others. She realized the truth, that prayer is not about her. It is a conversation with the keeper of her heart and the lover of her soul. It doesn’t matter who else is in the room.

Cheryl is going to take us on a deep dive into why we pray and the importance of this practice that Jesus modeled so well. We will look at several passages where the prayers of Jesus are recorded. One of those is her favorite chapter in the Bible, John 17. There we see what motivated Jesus to pray. It was intimacy with his Father. This is where we start. This is why we pray.