Everything in the Sermon on the Mount--everything in this book--is not telling you to try harder, muster willpower, or live a perfect life. you can't. I can't. What now?
Tucked into the middle of the Sermon on the Mount is the secret to walking Jesus's narrow path: prayer.
Prayer is both the entry point and the essential power that helps us follow Jesus. To live like him requires us to pray like him. In other words, following Jesus is not just a matter of skill and grit; it is made possible through a life of being with God in prayer.
If we forget to commit our lives to prayer, the thought of following Jesus's teachings will overwhelm and discourage us. Why? Because his teachers are not from this world. And teachings are not from this world require an otherworldly power. That power is available to you every day. Do you use it?
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