There's a gap between knowing you should pray and actually doing it — and what keeps most of us in that gap is the quiet fear we'd do it wrong. Wrong words. Not enough faith. The disciples felt it too, which is why they asked: "Lord, teach us to pray." Three scenes answer them. Jesus clears away the performance. Hannah shows up bitter of soul, mistaken for drunk, and pours it out anyway. And a man bangs on a door at midnight, shamelessly. Your Father knows what you need before you ask. Bring the ache. Keep knocking. What He ultimately gives is Himself.

Passages: Matthew 6:5–13; 1 Samuel 1:9–18; Luke 11:1–13