The Disciples’ Prayer
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In The Disciples’ Prayer, Pastor John Kimball leads readers beyond rote recitation into the living, transforming reality of the prayer Jesus gave His followers.
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Rediscover the Power and Purpose of Prayer as Jesus Taught It
In The Disciples’ Prayer, Pastor John Kimball leads readers beyond rote recitation into the living, transforming reality of the prayer Jesus gave His followers. Drawing from years of biblical study, pastoral ministry, and personal encounter, Kimball unveils the Lord’s Prayer as a kingdom framework – an invitation to intimacy with God and to partnership in His purposes on earth.
Step by step, he reveals how each phrase of the prayer draws us into deeper fellowship with our Abba Father, calls us to live out the realities of God’s kingdom today, and aligns our hearts with His will and power. With fresh insight into the original language and first-century context, this book helps believers move from saying prayers to truly praying as Jesus prayed.
Whether read devotionally or studied in groups, The Disciples’ Prayer will revolutionize your understanding of prayer and draw you into a more intimate, confident, and fruitful life with God.
About the Author
John Kimball, D.Min., is the lead pastor of Palmwood Church in Oviedo, FL. The church has a beautiful partnership with the YMCA of Central Florida and ministers within the Oviedo YMCA, where John serves as chaplain. John is also director of church development for the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (www.ccccusa.com), and he is a trainer, coach, and consultant with the Praxis Center for Church Development (www.praxiscenter.org). John and his wife, Kathryn, have ministered together for over 35 years and love living in Central Florida.
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4 reviews for The Disciples’ Prayer
As I read “The Disciples Prayer”, I was quite moved by how John was able to delve into Jesus teaching his disciples the prayer. Instead of a memorized prayer recited in church, I now see what Jesus wanted his disciples to learn. This book is an excellent instruction for not only new believers, but also for those of us who have been following Jesus for some time.
In this compelling and meaningful book, Pastor John breathes fresh life into the Lord’s Prayer, transforming a familiar recitation into a sincere and heartfelt conversation with God. By gently and clearly guiding readers through each line, he reveals the richness of Jesus’ intent in a way that is both accessible and deeply relevant to everyday life. This book is a wonderful resource for anyone who desires to pray as Jesus taught—with purpose, understanding, and genuine devotion.
Like many through the centuries who had loved and desired to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, I have long prayed the beautiful pattern of prayer taught by Jesus that is often called “The Lord’s Prayer”. Pastor John Kimball’s superb study has brought me back to the place our Lord’s disciples were on that day when they approached Jesus with deep spiritual longing. Had they prayed before? Of course they had! But had the Lord been modeling for His disciples an example of something more intimate and powerful than they had known before? They knew it was so. So, with deep spiritual hunger they boldly approached their Lord and ours to state their request. “Lord, teach us to pray…” The Lord Jesus will always answer such deep spiritual longing. If like our Lord’s first disciples, and if like me, you now long to discover or rediscover the power and purpose of praying like Jesus prayed, and as He has taught us, this book will surely be a treasure to you as it has been to me.
It’s not often that the first chapter is the best chapter in a book. But in the case, I believe it was. That’s because it laid a solid foundation for pursuing an ultra-close relationship with God. Our perspective of Who we pray to makes all the difference in how we pray. Kimball expresses this thought this way, “Jesus teaches us not to just pray to the Father, but to our Father. Jesus teaches those who follow Him, redeemed by His blood, to call God “Abba.” The name, Abba, depicts the endearing Father-child intimate relational aspect of God. Kimball goes on to say, “Knowing who we really are changes how we pray; in fact, it changes everything. We approach God in love rather than in terror. We come as holy ones, not as sinners. We speak in intimacy, not in formality. We petition as beloved children. And in all this, we know we have our Abba’s ear and heart.”
After laying this foundation of who we are in Christ as the basis of our relationship with the Father, the author reminds us that “Sin has made us resistant and rebellious. This must be intentionally overcome to build the prayer relationship described in this book.” This thought brings the reader to my favorite part, the part that makes this my favorite chapter: seven probing questions for the reader to ask themselves about their relationship with God. Following this, the reader is encouraged to take a week to prayerfully, sincerely answer the questions and develop intimacy with God – to learn to genuinely spend time with God. I’m now on this journey and look forward to what God will show me about Himself.
The rest of the book produced insightful thoughts, challenges and commentary on the Disciples’ Prayer as well. I was concerned at one point that the author was of the Christian Nationalism school of thought when he said, “Jesus prayer framework recognizes this, and He now leads His followers to invoke the authority they have been given as God’s precious, beloved, redeemed children to call the realities of the kingdom of God into the world in which we live today.” The concern was amplified by quoting John Wimber a couple of times, because he was one of the forefathers of dominionism. I was relieved when no dominionism ideology followed.
Overall, I enjoyed this book with its insights, challenges and have taken to heart the pursuing of a deeper relationship with Abba Father. I hope it will bless others in the same way. May we never quote this prayer casually again.