Jesus' Prayers

Seven prayers the Gospels quote word for word - thanksgiving, surrender, intercession, and the cross.

Key Concept

• Jesus' Rhythms shows how often He prayed; this hub holds the prayers we can read verbatim.
• Level 1: One page tracks how often Jesus prayed; this page holds the exact words He said to God that the Bible records.
• Level 2: Rhythms track how often He prayed; this hub holds the verbatim prayers the Gospels record - like a schedule versus the speech transcript.
• Level 3: Rhythm notes frequency; this hub holds the recorded words - pattern and text are different layers, and both matter for imitation.
• Level 4: Use the rhythms hub for how often He prayed; use this hub for the verbatim prayers the Gospels preserve.
• Level 5: Withdraw to Pray is one rhythm; this index holds John 17:1-26, Gethsemane, and the cross - text you can review card by card.

  Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me. I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours; and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. “O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”John 17:1-26 NASB1995

• The Gospels name many prayer moments without quoting them - dawn solitude, all night on the mountain, Pray When Drained after feeding five thousand.
• Seven recorded speeches to the Father anchor the lane below - each Atomic Notes carries six review cards at /notes/review/ with filter Jesus Prayers.
• Under Free Grace, copying His words is not earning heaven - it is learning how the Son talked to His Father.

Note Relationships

Start here

• Jesus' Rhythms - biography lane: withdraw, pray before big forks, pray when drained
• Free Grace - His prayers model dependence; they are not payment for heaven
• Prayer Jesus Taught - teaching lane: Lord's Prayer, Secret Devotion, persistence
• This hub - verbatim lane: what the Gospels quote Him saying to the Father

Thanksgiving and trust

• Thank Father for Revelation - thanks the Father for hiding truth from the proud and revealing it to little children (Luke 10:21)

  At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.Luke 10:21 NASB1995

• Thank Father at Lazarus - thanks the Father aloud at the tomb so the crowd would believe (John 11:41-42)

  So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.”John 11:41-42 NASB1995

• Glorify Your Name - facing the cross, asks the Father to glorify His name (John 12:28)

  Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”John 12:28 NASB1995

Surrender and intercession

• Not My Will - Gethsemane: “not what I will, but what You will” (Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42)

  And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”Matthew 26:39 NASB1995

  And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”Mark 14:36 NASB1995

  saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”Luke 22:42 NASB1995

• Pray for His Own - John 17:1-26 - prayer for Himself, the twelve, and all future believers

  Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me. I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours; and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. “O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”John 17:1-26 NASB1995

From the cross

• Father Forgive Them - “Father, forgive them” (Luke 23:34)

  But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.Luke 23:34 NASB1995

• Into Your Hands - “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit” (Luke 23:46)

  And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.Luke 23:46 NASB1995

Matthew and Mark also record Psalm 22:1 on the cross - “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” - a cry of dereliction, not a separate hub note here.

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.Psalm 22:1 NASB1995

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