From the very beginning, God’s people have prayed. There are many different approaches that have been taken. Some beg for mercy over and over while others barely do it at all. Some repeat the same prayers endlessly and others find a way to bring every single event to the Lord throughout their day. One of the big challenges for people is knowing HOW to pray. Or at least that’s often the thing that gets in the way of someone actually doing it. But when we look at Jesus’ words in the Sermon on the Mount, we find a simple invitation, a pattern given, a logic to the trust behind prayer, and even an outcome to our prayer life. What we learn is that prayer is a Holy Habit for those who are living as disciples of Jesus.