Jesus' model for prayer: He often withdrew to lonely places and prayed

Autumn has arrived late here in Sydney, but isn't it the most beautiful time of year! It's my favourite season :) Jesus was a Man on a mission! He knew He had a very limited time on earth and had to maximise His time here. In the short three years He had, He knew He had to preach the gospel, heal the sick, train His disciples to carry on His work after He was gone, prepare them for His death and resurrection etc. There wasn't a lot of time and there were a lot of demands on Him due to the miracles He did. Yet, in the midst of all of this, we see Luke recording this for us: "Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed". Luke 5:16 No matter how busy He was, He knew He could nothing apart from staying vitally connected to His Father in order to hear from Him, and to be connected to the source of His power -the Holy Spirit, in prayer! How busy are you? We may not all be in full time ministry like Jesus was or some are, yet, do we take the time to spend time with ...