Prayer & Messages of Solitude: Why Did Jesus Pray Alone? (Matthew 14: 23)

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 29, 2009 -- In the name of God Master, of the Universe, Ruler of the earth

Editors Note: I heard the birds and the gentle movement and sound of the leaves as they fell to God’s green ground. The Wind whistled silent songs in the trees. The sky stood still but it also moved. The sun sent light high and low. I felt good as I embraced self. Where did the darkness go? Was it always with us or just in other time zones and spaces as the Light pierced the air and darkness mysteriously went.

The Genesis Book told the beginning story as it unraveled E=mc² and also told the story of T=ss². Here is the source, origin and time of Darkness before Light. Meanwhile there are no selfish motives as self is loved as I relish the silent space that surrounds me and all that I see. This is solitude and I come also to pray.

Greetings Brethren,

Peace be unto you. To the Church (the Church of Christ Jesus the Prophets and Apostles) and believing Christians everywhere. To those that believe in the Bible (the Spirit of God) as the supreme authority that governs all of humankind. In this we give thanks to God the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit that leads and guides us the straightway.

We bear witness that one must have the peace and quiet of solitude to pray. This is by choice as we often come to pray in a crowd and among the lost. But we long for the clean and serene peace of solitude as we call out a prayer to our Lord.

“There was once a man who was consumed in the Spirit. He wrestled in love with it daily. As he sojourned in the trees among the birds the bees and the animals of the field looking upon a lake or stream he felt good. His peace never saw a threat from the birds that gently flew by. Nor was his tranquil paradise broken by the presence of the turtles on a fallen log in yonder creek. Was he accepted by these creatures? No trees spoke against him as he had done nothing. However man the human being as small as a blade of grass could appear behind a rock or tree and cause the serenity of things thought in the Spirit to come up empty.”

Follow us now to some prominent scripture that most Bible reads are familiar with or have heard preached and talked about. At Matthew 14 verses 22-33 we see where Jesus walks on water. You will also find most of this scripture at two other places in the Gospels also. Mark 6: 45-52 and John 6: 16-21. However our interest here is the verse or verses where Jesus seeks to pray alone. He also seeks prayer with the Brethren but in a serene place.

Matthew 14: 23: “And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray; and when the evening was come, he was there alone.”
So before he joined his disciples Jesus sought a place to pray. What was/is the significance of the mountain as a place to pray? Also was the evening a better time to pray than mid-day? What about the power of the Morning Prayer? But he was there alone. What does this mean? Is there something unique about prayer?